16 x 11 1/4 in. albumen photographs on 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. cardstock mounts (toning and some fading to prints, occasional spotting; toning and some staining to mounts, edge and corner wear to mounts incl. chipping and loss). Lower margin of mount features J.W. Black's "163 and 173 Washington Street" [Boston] imprint and elegantly inscribed titles.

Photographs include: View of the US Frigate Santee (1820-1912), a wooden-hulled, three-masted sailing frigate of the US Navy that was acquired by the Union Navy in 1861 and outfitted with heavy guns and a crew of 480. She was assigned as a gunship in the Union blockade of the Confederacy and saw a great deal of hand-to-hand fighting at sea, which resulted in the capture of a number of Confederate schooners, including the Garonne. In January 1862, the Santee was assigned to Flag Officer David Farragut's new West Gulf Blockading Squadron, and was responsible for blockading the Texas Coast, mainly off Galveston, through the end of August, when she was decommissioned. She later became a training ship for the US Navy. -- View of the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, including the US Schooner Yacht America in the foreground, and US Practice Ship Marion and receiving ship Ohio in the background.