U.S.S. ENTERPRISE: spinning a yard [group of older crew men on deck] – Historic Reproduction
![U.S.S. ENTERPRISE: spinning a yard [group of older crew men on deck] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/83/83217b30fbd6-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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A window into the past: U.S.S. ENTERPRISE: spinning a yard [group of older crew men on deck], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. ENTERPRISE: spinning a yard [group of older crew men on deck]
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Older crew members of the U.S.S. Enterprise stand together on deck in a scene titled "spinning a yard," a task that meant swinging one of the long spars that carried a ship's square sails. The record dates the picture to about 1898, but that date and the ship's identification come from an old caption card and have not been verified. The photograph is from the Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American places and everyday work to tourists and collectors around the turn of the century. Worth noticing are the weathered faces, the rigging overhead, and the sense of a navy still relying on sail-era skills during a period of rapid change.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 1898. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 20394. No orig. neg. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Swords...; Ships--US Govt.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,116 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135532 |
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