U.S.S. Terror – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Terror, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9c/9c795660c7b8-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 rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Terror in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Terror
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The subject here is the U.S.S. *Terror*, a turret ship, or monitor, of the kind the U.S. Navy built for coastal defense in the late 19th century. Monitors sat low in the water and carried heavy guns in rotating armored turrets, so they looked very different from the sleeker cruisers and battleships that were replacing them. This large 11 x 14 inch glass negative was probably made between 1896 and 1901, a period when the Navy was expanding and modernizing its fleet. The image was likely taken by Edward H. Hart, a photographer who may have worked for the Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American landmarks and ships.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Possibly by Edward H. Hart. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0753. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Terror (Monitor) Turret ships--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 803 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77676 |
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