U.S.S. Philadelphia – Antique Wall Art
![U.S.S. Philadelphia, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/12/128f9f309226-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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A window into the past: U.S.S. Philadelphia, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Philadelphia
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The Detroit Publishing Company made this view on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate, a large format that captured fine detail in the cruiser's hull, masts, and rigging. The ship was the USS Philadelphia, a steel protected cruiser built at the Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia and commissioned in 1890. It belonged to the generation of steel warships that helped the U.S. Navy move away from wooden sailing vessels. The company's photographers traveled widely to record ships, harbors, and scenic places, and their views were sold as souvenirs and catalog prints.
| 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 173" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020099. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Philadelphia (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 783 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63407 |
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