[U.S.S. Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan in his cabin – Vintage Wall Art
![[U.S.S. Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan in his cabin, [1898?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7e/7e138e93dc34-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [U.S.S. Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan in his cabin. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[U.S.S. Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan in his cabin
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The subject here is the cabin of the captain of the protected cruiser USS *Raleigh*, a rare view of a naval officer's private quarters rather than the ship's decks or guns. Captain Joseph Bullock Coghlan (1844-1908) commanded the *Raleigh* around 1898, a period when the Navy was expanding and the United States was drawn into the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed American towns, landscapes and ships for sale to the public, made the glass-plate negative. Interior views like this one show how officers lived aboard steel warships of the era, with furnishings arranged for work and comfort within tight quarters.
| Created / published | [1898?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032326. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Coghlan, Joseph Bullock,--1844-1908. Raleigh (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Military officers--American. Interiors. Officers' quarters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65950 |
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