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English: Crewmen of the USS Monitor relaxing on deck, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, on 9 July 1862. View looks forward on the starboard side, with the gun turret beyond.
  • Note: men playing checkers at right. Another man is reading a newspaper by the starboard smokestack.
  • Original caption (now removed) reads: Photo # NH 574     Crewmen on deck of USS Monitor, July 1862
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U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 574 USS Monitor (1862) http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor.htm

Alternate version: old-picture.com http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Monitor-USS-Deck-of.htm
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James F. Gibson  (1828–1905)  wikidata:Q38521022
 
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Jas. F. Gibson
Description American photographer and war photographer
Date of birth/death 1828 Edit this at Wikidata 1905 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q38521022
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current00:01, 3 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 00:01, 3 January 2011650 × 509 (61 KB)Petri KrohnSource: http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Monitor-USS-Deck-of.htm
04:53, 16 July 2008Thumbnail for version as of 04:53, 16 July 2008700 × 586 (105 KB)Jarekt{{Information |Description=Removed watermark |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
18:24, 2 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 18:24, 2 April 2007700 × 586 (107 KB)Editor at LargeLosslessly cropped caption bar
08:50, 26 April 2005Thumbnail for version as of 08:50, 26 April 2005700 × 610 (112 KB)WamesPhoto #: NH 574 USS Monitor (1862) Crewmen relaxing on deck, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, on 9 July 1862. View looks forward on the starboard side, with the gun turret beyond. Note men playing checkers at right. Another man is readin
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