U.S.S. Olympia – 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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Olympia, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Few ships of the era are as well remembered as the *Olympia*, the protected cruiser that served as Commodore George Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. This 8 by 10 inch glass negative, copyrighted in 1899, was made the year after that victory, when the ship was already famous. The Detroit Publishing Company copied the picture from an earlier photographic print that had been heavily retouched, so the marks of that hand work are part of what you see. The gallery board files it under battleships, but the *Olympia* was a cruiser.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions. |
| Notes | Copyright 1899 by Hart" on negative. Photograph of heavily retouched photographic print. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020804. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Olympia (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64010 |
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