Author: [Annapolis Maryland Stereoview]. Chase, William Moody [c. 1818 - 1901]
Title: UNITED STATES VIEW, By W. M. CHASE. "The Beautiful in Architecture and Landscape."; U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md
Description: : W. M. Chase, (n. d.). Ca 1870. Yellow stiff-stock card mount. Squarish corners. Now housed in a clear sv protector. Image caption printed under right image. "United States View" to left side of mount; "By W. M. Chase" to right side of mount. Verso with printed lists of Views available from Chase, with "U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md." underlined in red. Pencil annotation to right states "W. [sic] S. Ship Santee". One albumen photograph with both images, which depict a row of cannons projecting outside the side of the ship. 3-1/4" x 6-3/4". Average wear & soiling. A VG copy. "USS Santee was a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the United States Navy. She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be so named and was one of its last sailing frigates in service. She was acquired by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War, outfitted with heavy guns and a crew of 480, and was assigned as a gunboat in the Union blockade of the Confederate States. She later became a training ship then a barracks ship for the U.S. Naval Academy." [Wiki] Rare published view of Annapolis Md, photograph presumably from the period Chase was the official photographer for the Naval Academy, 1868 - 1872. NB. OCLC records two Annapolis views by Chase [not this one], both held by LoC.

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