U.S.S. Indiana, 13 inch guns, forward turret – Antique Wall Art
![U.S.S. Indiana, 13 inch guns, forward turret, [between 1895 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6d13962ff133-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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U.S.S. Indiana, 13 inch guns, forward turret comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S.S. Indiana, 13 inch guns, forward turret
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Two near-identical glass plate negatives show the forward turret of the U.S.S. Indiana, with its 13-inch guns and a sailor standing in the foreground to give a sense of scale. Commissioned in 1895, Indiana was the first of the Navy's new battleships of that name and fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced large numbers of American views around the turn of the century, issued the scene as a commercial picture, and its record shows the image was later given to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives are close variants. Gunner in foreground. Dup" on negative A. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 20424. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Indiana (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Seamen--American. Artillery (Weaponry) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 800 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63675 |
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