U.S.S. Brooklyn engine room – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn engine room, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/9360ef8bbde0-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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This historic photograph of U.S.S. Brooklyn engine room brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 engine room
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Inside the engine room of the cruiser Brooklyn, a glass negative records the machinery and the crew who tended it. The ship took its name from the New York city, was commissioned in 1896, and later earned its place in history in the Spanish-American War, when it fought in the 1898 battle off Santiago de Cuba. Engine spaces like this one were hot, cramped, and loud, and the men who worked them kept the ship's propellers turning. The Detroit Publishing Company, better known for its views of towns, scenery, and tourist sites, made the picture, which makes this shipboard scene an unusual part of its work.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 3" and "601" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Engine rooms. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 797 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63483 |
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