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U.S.S. WASH. Engine room – Historic Reproduction

U.S.S. WASH. Engine room, n/a — historic photograph
U.S.S. WASH. Engine room, n/a. 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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This rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. WASH. Engine room in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Little in this glass negative identifies the vessel beyond its caption, which names the U.S.S. Washington and its engine room. The title comes from caption cards kept by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose pictures went out to newspapers and magazines, so it has not been independently verified. The Navy has given the name to more than one warship, so the ship and the date remain open questions. Engine-room views like this one were valued for showing the steam machinery that drove the fleet, and they still help researchers study working conditions aboard early twentieth-century warships.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan8,875 × 6,362 px · prints to 30 × 21 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-34209

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