U.S.S. Chicago, Admiral Schley meeting the officers – Historic Reproduction
(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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This rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Chicago, Admiral Schley meeting the officers in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Chicago, Admiral Schley meeting the officers
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The picture shows the cruiser U.S.S. Chicago, with Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley meeting her officers aboard ship. Schley was a prominent U.S. Navy commander, best known for his role in the 1898 naval battle off Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed American towns, landscapes and ships around the turn of the century, made the image on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative. Its date of 1899 places it in the years when the United States Navy was expanding its fleet and its officers were gaining public fame.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020296. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Schley, Winfield Scott,--1839-1911. Chicago (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63583 |
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