Photo #: NH 63555
USS Monocacy (1866-1903)
Laid up in winter quarters in China, circa the 1890s.
Location is probably Tongku, during the winter of 1896-97.
Note Chinese with ice sleds in the foreground, ice boat at right,
and flag painted on the photo at Monocacy's mainmast gaff.
Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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