U.S.S. Philadelphia – Antique Wall Art
![U.S.S. Philadelphia, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09dd813f49d5-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Philadelphia. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Named for the city of Philadelphia, this cruiser was built at the William Cramp & Sons yard there and commissioned in 1890, one of the steel-hulled warships that helped modernize the U.S. Navy in the years before the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made large-format views of American places and scenes around the turn of the century, produced this 8 x 10 inch glass negative of the vessel. Its record dates it to between 1890 and 1901, so it captures the ship during her early service, when the navy was still building its reputation as a steam-powered fighting force.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). X 172" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020095. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Philadelphia (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63403 |
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