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Destroyer between decks – Historic Reproduction

Destroyer between decks, [between 1882 and 1901] — historic photograph
Destroyer between decks, [between 1882 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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This glass negative looks down into the cramped interior between decks of a destroyer, a term the catalog pairs with "torpedo boat" in its subject headings. Warships of the late 1800s were still taking shape, and navies were experimenting with fast, lightly armed craft built to carry torpedoes against larger ships. The name "destroyer" was applied more loosely then than it is today. The date is an estimate drawn from the numbering in the Detroit Publishing Company's 1901 catalog, so the picture most likely dates from between 1882 and 1901.

Created / published[between 1882 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on similarity to numbers in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020350. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDestroyer (Torpedo boat) Torpedo boats--American. Interiors. Torpedoes.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63630

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