U.S.S. Maine, berth deck cooks – Historic Print
(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. Maine, berth deck cooks. 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. Maine, berth deck cooks
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Cooks on the berth deck of the battleship Maine pose for this 1896 group portrait, a rare look at the crew's working quarters, where sailors slept and meals were prepared. The ship had been in service only about a year, and in 1898 she was destroyed by an explosion in Havana harbor, an event that helped draw the United States into the Spanish-American War. The negative is attributed to a photographer named Hart based on similar numbers, and it reached the Library of Congress through the Detroit Publishing Company collection.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Group portraits.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. 435" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021074. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Seamen--American. Cooks. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64250 |
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