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U.S.S. Pensacola, Capt. Dewey on the bridge – Historic Reproduction

U.S.S. Pensacola, Capt. Dewey on the bridge, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
U.S.S. Pensacola, Capt. Dewey on the bridge, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Battleships collection.

(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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Captain George Dewey poses on the bridge of the U.S.S. Pensacola, a steel cruiser the Navy commissioned in 1890, in this large glass-plate portrait by the Detroit Publishing Company. Dewey later won national fame as commander of the Asiatic Squadron at Manila Bay in 1898. The date of the picture is an estimate based on the company's 1901 catalog, so it was most likely made in the decade before that battle, when Dewey was still building his naval career.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePortrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020870. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDewey, George,--1837-1917. Pensacola (Frigate) United States.--Navy. Warships--American. Military officers--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64079

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