U.S.S. Massachusetts, tailor shop – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Massachusetts, tailor shop, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1e/1ea04b8a8781-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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Massachusetts, tailor shop, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S.S. Massachusetts, tailor shop
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The ship's tailor shop aboard the battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts shows the everyday work that kept a crew of several hundred men in uniform at sea. The battleship was commissioned in 1893 and saw action in the Spanish-American War in 1898, and the Navy's ships carried their own tailors to make, mend, and alter clothing far from any shore supply. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American places and industries in the late 1890s and early 1900s, made this view on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative. Its interior setting offers a rare look at the cramped, working side of life below decks.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Hart" and "513" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020590. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Seamen--American. Interiors. Tailoring. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 777 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63832 |
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