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Image Not Available for Newspaper clipping relating to the RED JACKET
Newspaper clipping relating to the RED JACKET
Image Not Available for Newspaper clipping relating to the RED JACKET

Newspaper clipping relating to the RED JACKET

Date1926-1984
Object numberANMS0407[050]
NameNewspaper clipping
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 111 × 167 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of John Watt
DescriptionBlack and white illustration depicting the ship RED JACKET. Printed caption beneath image reads 'Red Jacket, which, in 1854, raced LIGHTNING across the Atlantic. This great clipper made the trip in 13 / days 1 hour, against LIGHTNING'S 13 days 19 1/2 hours'.