U.S.S. Brooklyn, apprentice boys at school – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, apprentice boys at school, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1c/1ca1da4570ae-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Brooklyn, apprentice boys at school. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Brooklyn, apprentice boys at school
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Schoolroom instruction for apprentice seamen aboard a warship is the subject here, with the U.S.S. Brooklyn as the setting. The Brooklyn was a steel-hulled cruiser commissioned in 1896, and the Navy trained young enlisted boys on board its larger ships as part of their education in seamanship. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass-plate negative sometime between 1896 and 1901, documented American cities, landmarks and daily life for sale to a wide public. The Brooklyn later fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020241. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) Military education. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Seamen. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63536 |
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