Victorious US fleet off Tompkinsville, New York, 1898 – Vintage Photo 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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A window into the past: Victorious US fleet off Tompkinsville, New York, 1898, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: The victorious United States fleet off Tompkinsville, S.I.
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Victorious US fleet off Tompkinsville, New York, 1898
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Tompkinsville, on the North Shore of Staten Island, was in 1898 a waterfront village that had only recently become part of Greater New York, a change that took effect January 1 of that year. Its harbor faced the busy traffic of the upper bay, where ferries, cargo steamers, and naval vessels passed within sight of the shoreline. In late September 1898, the squadron that had won the Battle of Manila Bay that May, under Commodore George Dewey, returned to New York, and the harbor filled with warships and crowds for a citywide celebration. Residents on Staten Island and across the harbor watched the fleet at anchor and turned out in large numbers for the parades and receptions that followed. The homecoming marked the close of a short war that had made the United States a Pacific power.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Creator | loeffler, a. (august) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,904 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The victorious United States fleet off Tompkinsville, S.I. |
| Reference | NY 1898 Victorious US fleet off Tompkinsville |
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