U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition, [between 1895 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9fe4d896bdb0-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. Texas, discharging ammunition in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Texas, discharging ammunition
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Few pictures on this board show a battleship being worked rather than posed, and this one captures the men at a loading task aboard the U.S.S. Texas. The Texas was commissioned in 1895 and saw action at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898, so this photograph dates from her early years in service. Handling shells and powder was dangerous, heavy work, and the crew's posture and grouping show how closely it had to be coordinated. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, was known for documenting American places and work at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Group portraits.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021010. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Texas (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Seamen--American. Arms & armament. Battleships--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 782 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64195 |
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