U.S.S. Massachusetts – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Massachusetts, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7f157ba25ff0-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 U.S.S. Massachusetts, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Massachusetts
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The battleship Massachusetts, commissioned in 1896, was one of the Navy's early steel capital ships and fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. When this glass negative was made, between 1916 and 1917, the ship was an older vessel in the active fleet, and as the United States expanded its navy before entering World War I, views like this one recorded the service's big warships. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that sold views of American places and events, made many such images. The ship's title comes from the company's own notes, which are unverified, and the negative shows streaks and blemishes from age in its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1916 and 1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,874 × 5,231 px · prints to 23 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-261888 |
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