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U.S.S. New York, cutter race at Newport, anniversary of Santiago – Vintage Wall Art

U.S.S. New York, cutter race at Newport, anniversary of Santiago, 1899 July 3. — historic photograph
U.S.S. New York, cutter race at Newport, anniversary of Santiago, 1899 July 3.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. New York, cutter race at Newport, anniversary of Santiago. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This photograph shows the armored cruiser U.S.S. New York during a cutter race at Newport, Rhode Island, held on July 3, 1899, the first anniversary of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. In that 1898 engagement during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy destroyed Admiral Cervera's Spanish squadron off Cuba's southern coast, and the New York had served as Rear Admiral William T. Sampson's flagship. Cutter races, in which crews rowed the ship's heavy working boats, were a popular feature of naval life at the time, and the anniversary gave the event added meaning. The image comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American scenery and everyday life in the early 1900s.

Created / published1899 July 3.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
Genreand 1005" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020800. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
NotesHart
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64006

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