Charles Raymond Sheaff photograph collection [graphic]. ca. 1865-ca. 1970.

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Charles Raymond Sheaff photograph collection [graphic]. ca. 1865-ca. 1970.

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Contains portraits and snapshots of Sheaff, his wife Ellen "Nellie" Ginsell and their family, including 3 tintype family portraits in cases and frames, as well as 2 empty photograph cases. Also includes group portraits of U.S. Navy crews -- including Sheaff -- of the U.S.S. Olympia (commandeered by George Dewey during the Spanish American War) and and unidentified ship; and two photographs of U.S.S. Boston, one of which includes detail of damage received in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. Also includes an heirloom thimble and calling card case.

2 folders and 1 oversize folder (ca. 35 photographic prints) and 3 boxes (3 cased tintypes in frames, 2 empty cases, 1 framed phtographic print, 1 thimble and 1 calling card case) : b&w and color ; 20 x 27 cm or smaller.

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Olympia (Cruiser)

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The U.S.S Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish-American War. The Olympia was commissioned on February 5, 1895 and sailed from Mare Island to take its position as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron on August 25, 1895, under the command of Captain John J. Read. In 1895-1897, the Olympia visited ports in China, Japan, and the Philippines, spending the winter of 1897 in Hong Kong Harbor. On Jan. 3, George Dewey, the new Squadron commander arrived onboard of the Olympia. Whe...

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

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Sheaff, Charles Raymond, 1867-1942.

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Charles Raymond Sheaff (October 9, 1867-May 22, 1942) was born in Holcomb, Illinois. In 1892, he enlisted in the National Guard of California and served in the U.S. Navy until March 1900. In 1903, he married Ellen Grinsell in Bakersfield, California. From the description of Charles Raymond Sheaff photograph collection [graphic]. ca. 1865-ca. 1970. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 498550181 Charles Raymond Sheaff (October 9, 1867-May 22, ...