Playing "Acey Deucy" on board ARKANSAS – Historic Reproduction
(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 Playing "Acey Deucy" on board ARKANSAS in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Playing "Acey Deucy" on board ARKANSAS
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A game of Acey Deucy is under way aboard the battleship Arkansas, a backgammon-style pastime popular with navy crews in the early twentieth century. The Arkansas was commissioned in 1912 as one of the Navy's dreadnought battleships and served through the First World War, when long stretches at sea left crews looking for ways to pass time below deck. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by the New York agency that supplied news pictures to newspapers. The title reflects agency notes that have not been independently verified, so the exact date remains uncertain.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,729 × 4,204 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12080 |
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