U.S.S. Brooklyn, time"" – Historic Reproduction
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, time"", [between 1896 and 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/43/43612198c481-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. Brooklyn, time"", 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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U.S.S. Brooklyn, time""
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Sailors boxing aboard a warship is an unusual subject for a photographer of the 1890s, and this view shows the cruiser *Brooklyn* from the inside, with men gathered around a bout on the ship's deck. The *Brooklyn* was a steel protected cruiser commissioned in 1896, and she later served as the flagship of Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's squadron during the Spanish-American War, including the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898. Photographs like this one were made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American places and daily life for commercial sale. Its glass negative captures the crowded, informal side of naval routine that official portraits of the ship often left out.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20231. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020254. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Seamen--American. Boxing. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Interiors. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63547 |
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