Massachusetts Gallery

USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, US frigate

The USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides, a wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate of the US Navy, launched in 1797. For many years the ship has been on display and open to visitors at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
1920s

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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Daniel Webster and quote on God granting Liberty

A postcard illustrating a quote by Daniel Webster (1782-1852) - a leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. Webster was appointed the Secretary of State under three US Presidents. God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it'. Date: 1908

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

C.M. Harris tending 29 live Galapagos Tortoises, 1898

The Tortoises were collected on the Webster-Harris expedition & were en-route to Walter Rothschild's collection. Probably photographed in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, where they were kept before being shipped over

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

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