Group of seamen on the U.S.S. BOSTON – Historic Reproduction
(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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Group of seamen on the U.S.S. BOSTON
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Seamen of the cruiser U.S.S. *Boston* posed together for this group portrait, which the Detroit Publishing Company dated to about 1899. The ship was a protected cruiser named for the city of Boston, and it served in the Pacific during the Spanish-American War. Detroit Publishing's photographers traveled widely, and their views of ships and sailors were sold as souvenirs and picture postcards. The date and other details come from an old caption card that has not been verified, so the exact circumstances of the photograph remain uncertain.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 1899. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 20159 - no orig. neg. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--US Government; Navy, US--ca. 1899; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130247 |
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