U.S.S. Kentucky – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Kentucky, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/3759e938b617-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. Kentucky, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The large glass negative shows the battleship *Kentucky*, one of the Kearsarge-class ships the United States built in the 1890s as it expanded its fleet beyond the wooden and cruiser-heavy navy of the Civil War era. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its views of American landscapes, cities and ships, produced and sold scenes like this one. Its 11 by 14 inch format gives the hull and rigging unusual detail, and the company's catalog listing and the attribution to Hart help place it in the firm's output around the turn of the century.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-20486. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0662. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Kentucky (Battleship) Battleships--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 767 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77599 |
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