Cruiser "Chicago"

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Stock #: 402814

Type: Postcard

Era: Undivided Back

Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons

Postmark: 1906 Oct-11

Postmark City: Chicago

Postmark State: IL

Stamp: 1c

Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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(Protected cruiser). Built at Chester, Pa. 325 feet long and 48 feet broad, and displaces considerably more than 5,000 tons. speed, 18 knots per hour. Horsepower, 9,000. Cost, about $889,000. Her 32 officers and 445 men handle batteries that include four 8-inch, fourteen 5-inch guns and a goodly array of smaller rapid firers

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Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No 2323, "U.S. Navy-Cruisers. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. POSTACARD. 14 OCT 11 1 30 AM THE ADDRESS TO BE, WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE SECRETES 1902 UNITED STATES OF One St CRUISER "CHICAGO". (Protected cruiser). Built at Chester, Pa. 325 feet long and 48 feet broad, and displaces considerably more than 5,000 tons. Speed, 18 knots per hour. Horse-power, 9,000. Cost, about $ 889,000. Her 32 officers and 445 men handle batteries that include four 8-inch, fourteen 5-inch guns and a goodly array of smaller rapid-firers. Foul 1706 FRANKLIN 1790 Miss Mannie L. Wrightn 176 Sorauren Ave. Toronto Canada

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