Sestri-Ponenta & Launch of Giulie Cesare – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Sestri-Ponenta & Launch of Giulie Cesare in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sestri-Ponenta & Launch of Giulie Cesare
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This glass negative documents the launch of the Italian battleship *Giulio Cesare* at the Sestri Ponente shipyard near Genoa. The record spells the name "Giulie," an error likely introduced when the Bain News Service captioned the negative. Launched in 1910, the ship was one of Italy's first dreadnought-type battleships, built to keep pace with the naval race among the great powers before the First World War. Bain's wire-service photographers covered such ship launches for newspapers, so the picture offers a record of both the ceremony and the industrial work behind Italy's naval buildup.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11121 |
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