Drydock, New York Navy Yard, [12/30/25] – Historic Reproduction
![Drydock, New York Navy Yard, [12/30/25], [1925 December 30] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/03e031accd3d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Drydock, New York Navy Yard, [12/30/25], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Drydock, New York Navy Yard, [12/30/25]
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Dry docks at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn lifted ships out of the water so crews could scrape, repair, and repaint their hulls, and this glass negative records one of them in late December 1925. The yard on Wallabout Bay dates to 1801 and served for much of its history as a central base for building and maintaining the Navy's ships. The negative belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, the work of a commercial studio that documented American cities and institutions in the 1910s and 1920s. The glass shows streaks and other blemishes from the natural breakdown of its original coating.
| Created / published | [1925 December 30] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,949 × 4,289 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-256737 |
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