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[Building a warship, Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Vintage Photo Print

[Building a warship, Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Building a warship, Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(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 [Building a warship, Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.], 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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[Building a warship, Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.]

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Few sights in turn-of-the-century Philadelphia matched a warship taking shape on the stocks at William Cramp & Sons, the company's yard on the Delaware River. Cramp was one of the leading American shipbuilders of its day, and the period between 1900 and 1910 was a busy one for the U.S. Navy, which was steadily expanding its fleet. Photographs like this one, made by the Detroit Publishing Company, record the scale of hull framing and the labor of riveting and fitting that went into such vessels before launch.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. NOTRE: William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company. 2751 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033910. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsWarships--American. Boat & ship industry.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67064

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