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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 52487
Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere,
19 August 1812
Mid-19th Century line engraving, depicting Constitution's
crewmen cheering at the commencement of the battle.
Note boy (at left) running up with powder charges for the guns.
Courtesy of Admiral E. Snow, USN, 1926.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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