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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 83178
USS Vincennes (1826-1867)
19th Century photograph of a painting (based on a sketch by Lieutenant
Charles Wilkes, USN), depicting the ship in Disappointment Bay,
Antarctica, circa January-February 1840.
Collection of Captain Glenn Howell, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 540 pixels
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