U.S.S. Oregon, breech of 13-inch guns in after turret – Vintage Wall Art
![U.S.S. Oregon, breech of 13-inch guns in after turret, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7f608e5632cb-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. Oregon, breech of 13-inch guns in after turret, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Oregon, breech of 13-inch guns in after turret
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Here the camera looks into the after turret of the battleship U.S.S. Oregon, where the breech mechanisms of its 13-inch main guns fill the frame. Commissioned in 1896, Oregon carried four of these guns in two turrets, and its crew became famous in 1898 when the ship sailed from the Pacific coast around South America to join the fleet off Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial photographer known for views of America's landscapes and new machines, made the negative in the years around the turn of the century. Its cramped steel interior and the men who worked it give a sense of the physical labor required to run a turret gun.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20833. Ioway" (?) on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020835. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Oregon (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Artillery (Weaponry) Interiors. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64040 |
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