U.S.S. Newark, marine guard parading on quarter deck – Historic Reproduction
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(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. Newark, marine guard parading on quarter deck, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Newark, marine guard parading on quarter deck
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Few details in the record name the occasion, but the scene shows a Marine guard parading across the quarter deck of the U.S.S. Newark. The quarter deck, the raised aft section of a warship, was the ship's ceremonial center, so drilled ranks there were part of routine honors and formal occasions. The Newark was a steel protected cruiser of the 1890s, one of the new vessels that marked the Navy's rebuilding after decades of neglect. The Detroit Publishing Company made this glass negative, and its catalog places the picture between 1891 and 1901.
| Created / published | [between 1891 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20638. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020673. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Newark (Cruiser) United States.--Marine Corps. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Military parades & ceremonies. Soldiers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 782 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63912 |
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