Sailors aboard the U.S.S. OLYMPIA – Antique Wall Art
![Sailors aboard the U.S.S. OLYMPIA, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/51/5189f6e9db90-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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Sailors aboard the U.S.S. OLYMPIA comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sailors aboard the U.S.S. OLYMPIA
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Few ships of the period carry a stronger reputation than the U.S.S. Olympia, the steel cruiser that served as Commodore George Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898. Its crew, shown here, were part of the force that destroyed the Spanish Pacific squadron in a single morning. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer known for her portraits and documentary work, made the image, so the record places it within a broader body of her photographs of American naval life. The board files the Olympia under battleships, though it was technically a protected cruiser, a distinction worth keeping in mind when reading its history.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Ships; Navy, U.S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,247 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157861 |
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