U. S. N. Academy - ephemera, Nimitz class of 1905
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, Annapolis, Md.
A social event [a dance?] is announced in a 2pp. satirical flier, page 2 ‘The Class of 1905, regrets to have to announce …. the death of Math and Skinny’, dated ‘January 26th, 1905’, but noting that the event [or ‘funeral ceremonies’] will be held ‘January 28, 1905, at 8 p.m., in the Armory’ , a bi-folium, the announcement preceded by a full-page caricature showing the devil [aka ‘Math’] putting Midshipman through a ‘patent-applied-for’ ‘Carnot’s Reversible Function Bilger’. [No place but Annapolis, Md.:] 1905. Small folio, bifolium (12 ½ x 9 ½ inches; 317 x 242mm). (Folded, and with small tears), spot-glued to a large backing sheet.
A rare ephemeral item from the Annapolis Class of 1905: a celebration of the end of the first academic term. Admiral Nimitz was a graduate of the Class of 1905. NB the matt in the first image is not part of the lot.
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seven other related items: 1. Army-Navy Football Game, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1904. 4pp. ‘Songs’ and ‘Yells’ (damage to first leaf); 2. U.S. Naval Academy. Dual Meet Lafayette vs. Navy…. Navy Athletic Association. …May 6, 1905. 4pp; 3. 2. U.S. Naval Academy. Dual Meet Lafayette vs. Navy…. Navy Athletic Association. …May 20, 1905. 4pp.; 4. United States Naval Academy. Schedule of Baseball Games, Season of 1905. 2pp. Copy 1; 5. United States Naval Academy. Schedule of Baseball Games, Season of 1905. 2pp. Copy 2.; 6. a one-time pass ‘for the Christening of the Aircraft Carrier Lake Champlain / Norfolk Navy Yard / 3 June 1945’, printed on green paper; 7. Newspaper cutting describing the ‘Yale Varsity [Rowing] Crew’ for 1892 (very fragile, chipped). (8)
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UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, Annapolis, Md.
A social event [a dance?] is announced in a 2pp. satirical flier, page 2 ‘The Class of 1905, regrets to have to announce …. the death of Math and Skinny’, dated ‘January 26th, 1905’, but noting that the event [or ‘funeral ceremonies’] will be held ‘January 28, 1905, at 8 p.m., in the Armory’ , a bi-folium, the announcement preceded by a full-page caricature showing the devil [aka ‘Math’] putting Midshipman through a ‘patent-applied-for’ ‘Carnot’s Reversible Function Bilger’. [No place but Annapolis, Md.:] 1905. Small folio, bifolium (12 ½ x 9 ½ inches; 317 x 242mm). (Folded, and with small tears), spot-glued to a large backing sheet.
A rare ephemeral item from the Annapolis Class of 1905: a celebration of the end of the first academic term. Admiral Nimitz was a graduate of the Class of 1905. NB the matt in the first image is not part of the lot.
with:
seven other related items: 1. Army-Navy Football Game, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1904. 4pp. ‘Songs’ and ‘Yells’ (damage to first leaf); 2. U.S. Naval Academy. Dual Meet Lafayette vs. Navy…. Navy Athletic Association. …May 6, 1905. 4pp; 3. 2. U.S. Naval Academy. Dual Meet Lafayette vs. Navy…. Navy Athletic Association. …May 20, 1905. 4pp.; 4. United States Naval Academy. Schedule of Baseball Games, Season of 1905. 2pp. Copy 1; 5. United States Naval Academy. Schedule of Baseball Games, Season of 1905. 2pp. Copy 2.; 6. a one-time pass ‘for the Christening of the Aircraft Carrier Lake Champlain / Norfolk Navy Yard / 3 June 1945’, printed on green paper; 7. Newspaper cutting describing the ‘Yale Varsity [Rowing] Crew’ for 1892 (very fragile, chipped). (8)
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