Anne P. Cahall, sponsor of U.S.S. Delaware, launched Feb. 6, 1909, at Newport News, VA – Antique Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Anne P. Cahall, sponsor of U.S.S. Delaware, launched Feb. 6, 1909, at Newport News, VA in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Anne P. Cahall, sponsor of U.S.S. Delaware, launched Feb. 6, 1909, at Newport News, VA
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Anne P. Cahall is the sponsor named in this record, the woman chosen to christen the battleship U.S.S. Delaware when it was launched at Newport News, Virginia, on February 6, 1909. Sponsors were traditionally chosen to name a warship in a public ceremony, a custom that tied the ship to a local family or patron. The Delaware was among the Navy's new dreadnought-era battleships, built as the United States expanded its fleet in the early twentieth century. The negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a New York news photo service that documented events of the period.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,272 × 5,860 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4751 |
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