U.S.S. Massachusetts, petty officers' mess – Vintage Wall Art
![U.S.S. Massachusetts, petty officers' mess, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9d5a9f0be937-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. Massachusetts, petty officers' mess 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. Massachusetts, petty officers' mess
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The mess on the battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts, shown here, was where the ship's petty officers ate and spent their off-duty time, a space set apart from the crew's general mess below. The Massachusetts was commissioned in 1893 and fought in the Spanish-American War, including the blockade of Santiago, Cuba, in 1898. This glass negative came from the Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American places and institutions in the years around 1900. Its date rests on the company's own catalog of 1901, so the picture likely dates from the late 1890s. It offers a close look at the daily routine of a late-19th-century American warship.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20590. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 515" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020599. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Military officers--American. Mess halls. Eating & drinking. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 782 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63841 |
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