Monitors in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard – Historic Print
![Monitors in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7a/7aec6ecacbff-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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Step back in time with Monitors in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Monitors in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard
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Monitors in ordinary were laid up at League Island Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, stripped of crews and held in reserve rather than kept in active service. The low-freeboard, turret-armed monitors were a Civil War design, and by the 1890s many had outlived their usefulness, so the navy kept them on hand in case they were needed again. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold photographs of American scenery and industry through its catalogues, made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative between 1890 and 1901. The record notes that no ships are visible in the frame, so the picture is best read as a record of the yard and its waterfront.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). No ships visible. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021287. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pa.) Naval yards & naval stations.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64438 |
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