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This autographed photograph of the United States Ship Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, with a certificate issued to Governor Joan Finney. Finney joined Captain Richard Amirault, William Weld, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and other U.S. governors at the Navy Yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts to sign a piece of copper sheathing that was affixed to the ship's hull. The certificate is signed by Captain Richard B. Amirault, United States Navy, 63rd in Command.
Date: July 17, 1994
Item Number: 440172
Call Number: Kansas Memory
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440172
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1990s - 1994
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Finney, Joan
Military - Service - Navy
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate - Commemorative
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Finney, Joan, 1925-2001
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Transportation - Water - Ships
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Certificates
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