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[Old Ironsides, U.S. frigate Constitution, built 1797] – Antique Print

[Old Ironsides, U.S. frigate Constitution, built 1797], c[between 1900 and 1912] — historic photograph
[Old Ironsides, U.S. frigate Constitution, built 1797], c[between 1900 and 1912]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Step back in time with [Old Ironsides, U.S. frigate Constitution, built 1797], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Old Ironsides, U.S. frigate Constitution, built 1797]

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Rather than a photograph of the ship itself, this is a copy of a painting of the frigate *Constitution*, made on an 8 x 10 inch glass negative by the Detroit Publishing Company, which reproduced artwork alongside its travel views. The vessel, launched in Boston in 1797, earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812, when British cannonballs reportedly bounced off her oak hull in her victory over HMS *Guerriere*. Oliver Wendell Holmes's 1830 poem of that name helped rally public support that kept the ship from being scrapped, and she remains a commissioned vessel in Boston today.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1912]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Paintings Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting. 050209" and "dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 22735. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsConstitution (Frigate) Warships--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan789 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75788

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