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U.S.S. Philadelphia, Admiral Gherardi – Historic Print

U.S.S. Philadelphia, Admiral Gherardi, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
U.S.S. Philadelphia, Admiral Gherardi, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(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 U.S.S. Philadelphia, Admiral Gherardi, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This picture pairs a naval officer with the steel cruiser *Philadelphia*, a vessel that joined the U.S. Navy's new fleet of modern warships in the early 1890s. Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi (1832-1903) was a career naval officer who rose through the ranks after the Civil War, and portraits like this one often tied senior officers to the ships they commanded. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made the glass negative, sold views of American cities, landmarks and the military, so the image reflects the era's interest in showing the country's growing naval strength.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePortrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesAttribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020880. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsGherardi, Bancroft,--1832-1903. Philadelphia (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Admirals--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 777 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64084

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