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U.S.S. Brooklyn, Hampton Roads, Va., U.S.A. – Antique Print

U.S.S. Brooklyn, Hampton Roads, Va., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1898. — historic photograph
U.S.S. Brooklyn, Hampton Roads, Va., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1898.. Historic photograph from the Brooklyn 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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Anchored in Hampton Roads, the sheltered water where the James and Elizabeth rivers meet Chesapeake Bay, the armored cruiser *Brooklyn* was a major unit of the young U.S. Navy when this stereograph was made. Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, issued the card around 1898, and such pairs were viewed through parlor stereoscopes. The ship was commissioned in 1896 and later that year its war service would begin, so the picture captures the fleet just before the Spanish-American War. The catalog lists it under battleships, though the *Brooklyn* was classed as a cruiser.

Created / publishedMeadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1898.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
Notes28981 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9112.
SubjectsBrooklyn (Ship)--1890-1900. Battleships--Virginia--Hampton Roads--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181483

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