USS 'Alabama', American battleship mb-code 42-32402844 1258x1016mm

1258x1016mm

Circa 1952

showing figures feeding an elephant

mid 19th century (c1885)

Savery describes a model sent to him by the Prince of Hesse-Kassel and his explanation of why it did not work

USS 'Alabama', American battleship mb-code 42-32402844 1258x1016mmUSS 'Alabama', American battleship, 1898. An 'Illinois' class pre dreadnought battleship, 'Alabama' was launched in 1898. She served with the US North Atlantic Fleet and in 1907 sailed with the 'Great White Fleet' of battleships sent on a circumnavigation of the world by President Theodore Roosevelt to show off America's growing sea power. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book