U.S.S. cruiser Boston – Vintage Print
(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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U.S.S. cruiser Boston comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. cruiser Boston
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Unlike many ship portraits on this board, this one shows the U.S.S. Boston, a steel protected cruiser commissioned in 1884 as one of the first modern warships built for the young U.S. Navy after its long postwar decline. The print dates to about 1891, when the ship was serving in the Pacific and Asiatic waters, and its maker, Boston photographer Henry G. Peabody, was known for commercial views of the city and its waterfront. The mix of sail-era rigging and newer steel hull lines visible in such pictures marks the transition from wooden fleets to the armored, steam-powered navy that followed.
| Created / published | c1891. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Henry G. Peabody, Boston. |
| Subjects | Boston (U.S. cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164521 |
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