U.S.S. Olympia – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Olympia, [between 1895 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5ca17700991c-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Olympia in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Olympia
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The Olympia was a steel protected cruiser built at San Francisco's Union Iron Works and commissioned in 1895. As Commodore George Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898, she led the American squadron that destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in a single day, making her a lasting symbol of the young navy's rise. This glass negative, made by the Detroit Publishing Company between 1895 and 1901, shows her in the years before that battle made her famous.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-727 and style of numbering. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 26" and "1041" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0729. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Olympia (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 770 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77656 |
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