U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock – Vintage Wall Art
![U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/462ad2be5cc8-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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A window into the past: U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock
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The battleship *Massachusetts* is shown out of the water in a dry dock, with her hull and keel exposed for inspection and repair. Commissioned in 1893, she was one of the early American battleships built of steel and armed with heavy guns, and she saw service in the Spanish-American War, including the 1898 fighting off Santiago de Cuba. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American cities, landscapes and industrial sites around the turn of the twentieth century, made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative. Dry-docked views like this one show how much maintenance a large warship needed to stay in service.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Hart" and "835" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020578. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920) Battleships--American. Naval yards & naval stations. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63821 |
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