The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928.
Description: The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928. [show more]
Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Sieur de Monts National Monument, Mount Desert Island, Maine, Embracing the island summit and about five thousand acres of adjacent lands with Monument Boundary. Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, General Land Office, Clay Tallman, Commissioner.
Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
State:
ME
Source:
Library of Congress - LC control no. 98687174
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Description: Sieur de Monts National Monument, Mount Desert Island, Maine, Embracing the island summit and about five thousand acres of adjacent lands with Monument Boundary. Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, General Land Office, Clay Tallman, Commissioner.
Hancock County, Mount Desert Quadrangle, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, H.M Wilson, Geographer in charge, Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Edition of May 1904, corrected 1910, reprinted 1918. – Northwest Mt. Desert.
Description: Hancock County, Mount Desert Quadrangle, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, H.M Wilson, Geographer in charge, Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Edition of May 1904, corrected 1910, reprinted 1918. – Northwest Mt. Desert.
Addressed to Miss Annie Spooner, Plymouth, Mass., message on the back reads: "Saturday, A.M., Just off for a half day on the water to Baker's Island. Home Tuesday noon. Wiah you were here. J.S."
Description: Addressed to Miss Annie Spooner, Plymouth, Mass., message on the back reads: "Saturday, A.M., Just off for a half day on the water to Baker's Island. Home Tuesday noon. Wiah you were here. J.S."