U.S.S. San Francisco, Commodore Fife coming on board – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. San Francisco, Commodore Fife coming on board, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60cc6344e14c-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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A window into the past: U.S.S. San Francisco, Commodore Fife coming on board, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. San Francisco, Commodore Fife coming on board
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The photograph shows Commodore Fife coming aboard the U.S.S. *San Francisco*, with the ship's officers and seamen lined up to receive him. The cruiser, a steel protected ship commissioned in 1890, belonged to a navy then being rebuilt after decades of neglect, and formal salutes and ranked crews were the everyday courtesy of naval life. The Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely recording ships, cities and scenes for sale to the public, made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative. Its date is estimated from a company catalog of 1901.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020944. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | San Francisco (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Saluting. Seamen--American. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64140 |
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