U.S.S. Brooklyn fire room – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn fire room, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/40/40b33513eabb-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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This historic photograph of U.S.S. Brooklyn fire room brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Brooklyn fire room
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Few places aboard the U.S.S. *Brooklyn* were hotter or dirtier than the fire room, where stokers shoveled coal into the boilers that powered the cruiser. Named for the city of Brooklyn, the ship was commissioned in 1896 and later served as Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's flagship at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The Detroit Publishing Company photographed many American warships and naval scenes in this period, and this glass negative offers a look at the engineering crews who kept the ship running. Its exact date is uncertain, so it is best read as a record of the navy's coal-fired steam era.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 3" and "602" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020190. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Seamen--American. Engine rooms. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 785 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63484 |
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