U.S.S. Brooklyn, chief engineer's room – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, chief engineer's room, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/79/798d44552f8d-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. Brooklyn, chief engineer's room comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few interiors aboard a turn-of-the-century warship sat closer to the machinery than the chief engineer's quarters, and this view of one on the armored cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn shows that working world. The ship was named for the New York City borough, was commissioned in 1896, and fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative as part of its wide survey of American places and people in the late 1890s and early 1900s, so the picture also reflects the period's interest in documenting public institutions.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020186. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Officers' quarters. Interiors. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63480 |
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