"Continental Navy, 1776-1777"

poster

SIGNS & POSTERS
U.S. Government Printing Office; McBarron, Hugh Charles (Jr.)
1966
paper
overall: 20 x 16 in.

Poster depicting the uniforms of the Continental Navy between 1776 and 1777, part of series of posters compiled into portfolio titled "Uniforms of the United States Navy 1776-1898"; illustrated by Hugh Charles McBarron Jr. and published by the U.S. Government Printing (now Publishing) Office in 1966. Poster titled 'CONTINENTAL NAVY -- 1776-1777' along lower edge. Illustration depicts five officers in uniform with three masted vessel under full sail in the background; from left to right, 'Lieutenant / 1776', 'Captain / 1776', 'Midshipman / 1777', 'Captain / 1777', and 'Seaman'. Overall: 20 x 16 in.

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