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Offline RattlesnakeJack

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For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« on: October 08, 2014, 09:46:14 PM »
Came across this delightful photo today .... purportedly taken aboard USS Mohican, circa 1870.  That's quite an impressive "reading pipe" he is smoking!

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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2014, 09:48:50 PM »
Looks practical-the smoke would come up behind the book, and not obscure his view of the pages.
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2014, 09:52:26 PM »
Well there, ya see, the chaise lounge was invented by the US Navy sometime after the Civil War . . .

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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2014, 04:36:53 AM »
Awesome pic.... ;D
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 05:49:10 AM »
Cool photo!  What's the field piece behind him?  I want one!
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2014, 01:45:53 PM »
Yes, looks like one of the infamous pipes from China, and what is the wooden brass-capped 'pot' down beside him? A wooden spittoon or a 'Tot/Grog pot'? Might this indeed be a staged pic?
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2014, 04:57:37 PM »
I want that pipe!  It would be great to use at a Civil War reenactment. 
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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2014, 06:06:50 PM »
Quote from: Drydock on October 08, 2014, 09:52:26 PM
Well there, ya see, the chaise lounge was invented by the US Navy sometime after the Civil War . . .



What would a pleasant cruise be without a comfortable deck chair?!?!?!   :)

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Re: For River City John and the other Tars of GAF
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2014, 11:54:14 AM »
Perhaps the pot is for the pipe ashes, one simply can not dump them on the deck, and well walking to the down wind side of the deck would require one to exert much more effort that fitting for an officer of the navy
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