U.S.S. Brooklyn, Lieut. Capaton – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, Lieut. Capaton, [between 1896 and 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8cb9200b7dd8-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. Brooklyn, Lieut. Capaton. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S.S. Brooklyn, Lieut. Capaton
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Lieutenant Capaton is the subject of this glass-plate portrait, which ties him to the cruiser Brooklyn, a ship named for the New York borough and commissioned in 1896. The vessel later fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898, one of the decisive naval actions of the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that photographed American places and people for decades, made this large 8-by-10-inch negative, and its size gives the uniform and pose unusual detail.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-32235. 641" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020209. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 802 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63504 |
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