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| Image ID: | 30121 |
| Subjects: | Portrait paintings; Men; Sailors; Ship captains |
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| Description: | Captain William Driver (1803-1886). |
| Date: | ca. 1860 |
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| Collection: | Nell Savage Mahoney Papers |
| Historical Note: | Credited with nicknaming American flag "Old Glory." His mother sewed the flag which he hoisted on his first ship and christened "Old Glory" (now at Smithsonian). Escorted 65 descendants of the Bounty survivors from Tahiti back to Pitcairn Island, 1831. |
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| Format: | Photographic print |
| Accession No.: | THS 457, THS 681 |
| File Location: | THS VI-B-7, Box 33, Folder 14 |