U.S.S. Newark, machine guns – Historic Reproduction
![U.S.S. Newark, machine guns, [between 1891 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/56/569c278c0e69-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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Newark, machine guns, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S.S. Newark, machine guns
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The title places this picture aboard the U.S.S. *Newark*, a protected cruiser of the early 1890s, with attention on its machine guns and the sailors and Marines who served them. Late-nineteenth-century cruisers carried such weapons to defend against torpedo boats at close range, and the Marine detachment shown in the subject headings was a standard part of a warship's crew. The Detroit Publishing Company made many views of American naval vessels, and this glass negative offers a close record of shipboard life and armament from the years when the steel navy was taking shape.
| 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. 020660. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Newark (Cruiser) United States.--Marine Corps. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Soldiers--American. Machine guns. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 772 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63899 |
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