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Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy – Antique Print

Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy

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Few pictures on this board show a warship at anchor, and this half of a stereograph records the Lancaster, identified in its caption as a U.S. Navy flagship. The card is dated 1866 and carries the number 327 in a series called *Gems of California Scenery*, a commercial line of stereo views sold to a public that enjoyed exploring far-off places through a viewer. Only one half of the original pair survives in the Library's holdings, so the depth effect the maker intended cannot be seen here. The caption information is unverified, so treat the ship's role as a recorded claim rather than settled fact.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 327. LOT subdivision subject: USS Lancaster. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,384 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116505

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