U.S.S. Newark, berth deck – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Newark, berth deck, [between 1891 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7b/7b673621c932-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. Newark, berth deck comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Newark, berth deck
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The view shows the berth deck of the U.S.S. Newark, a cruiser of the United States Navy, where enlisted seamen slept, ate, and stored their belongings. Berth decks were typically crowded, low-ceilinged spaces, with sleeping quarters packed close together and gear stowed wherever room allowed. The image is an 8 by 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for documenting American places and everyday life around 1900. Its date is an estimate, placed between 1891 and 1901, so it likely shows the ship in its early years of service.
| Created / published | [between 1891 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20638. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 25" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020653. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Newark (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Crew quarters. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63892 |
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