Issued as a insert Premium by the W.F. MCLAUGHLIN & Co. of Chicago Illinois. to advertise their brand of XXXX Coffee, during the 1889 (as the copyright states on the front of the card). It is one from a series of 18 cards entitled "Peculiar WAR SHIPS of the World". This series has been designated as series K64 in Burdick's American Card Catalogue. The front of the card shows a fantastic image of the featured ship full of color and great detail. The back of the card features a brief description of the ship as well as advertising for McLaughlin XXXX Coffee, and indicates that there is "One of these cards in each Package". The colorful lithography was produced by the Lithographer the Cosack and Company of Buffalo & Chicago. The card measures 5 1/16 inches by 3 3/4 inches approximately.