U.S.S. Terror, ship's company – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Terror, ship's company, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/14/14e8051cc92d-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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This rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Terror, ship's company in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Terror, ship's company
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Few things about this picture set it apart from other ship's company portraits of the period, but the subject does: the crew of the U.S.S. Terror, a turret ship, the type of low, heavily armed monitor built for coastal defense rather than open-ocean cruising. The large 11 by 14 inch glass negative suited group portraits like this one, letting photographers capture dozens of men in sharp detail. Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views like this in catalogues around 1901, sold such images to travelers and naval enthusiasts alike.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Genre | Group portraits.Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions. |
| Notes | Possibly by Edward H. Hart. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0754. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Terror (Monitor) United States.--Navy. Turret ships--American. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 765 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77677 |
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