Albumen print carte de visite featuring the unfinished hull of the American warship New Orleans, photographed at Sackets Harbor, New York. The image is incorporated into an advertising mount for the Grand Central Clothing House of Watertown, New York, with extensive promotional typography surrounding the photograph.

The verso contains a detailed printed historical account of the ship New Orleans, constructed during the War of 1812 as a counter to the British St. Lawrence. The text outlines the vessel’s dimensions, armament, builder Henry Eckford, and the circumstances that led to the ship never being launched following the end of hostilities. It also documents the later dismantling of the vessel in the 1880s and the materials recovered during that process, making the card both a photographic record and a printed historical reference.

The combination of documentary naval imagery and late-19th-century commercial advertising reflects the reuse of historical subjects for retail promotion. The mount credits Streeter, Brimmer & Olean, 16 Public Square, Watertown, New York, situating the piece within regional commercial photography and advertising practices of the period.