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Wardroom mess of New York Naval Reserve officers on board U.S.S. NEW HAMPSHIRE – Antique Print

Wardroom mess of New York Naval Reserve officers on board U.S.S. NEW HAMPSHIRE, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Wardroom mess of New York Naval Reserve officers on board U.S.S. NEW HAMPSHIRE, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Aboard the battleship U.S.S. New Hampshire, the wardroom mess shows the dining space where New York Naval Reserve officers ate together while training at sea. The New Hampshire, commissioned in 1908, was one of the Navy's newer battleships, and states' naval militias often used such ships for summer cruises that gave part-time sailors real shipboard experience. The photograph comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many views of American places and daily life in the decades around 1900. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year of the picture is uncertain, but the setting reflects a period when the militia and the regular fleet worked closely together.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 021422. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Navy, U.S.; Militia, Naval--N.Y.; Ships--USS; Eating & Drinking.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,172 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144891

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