Crew of Battleship MASSACHUSETTS - and 2 of her 8 eight-inch guns – Antique Wall Art
(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 Crew of Battleship MASSACHUSETTS - and 2 of her 8 eight-inch guns 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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Crew of Battleship MASSACHUSETTS - and 2 of her 8 eight-inch guns
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Crew members of the battleship USS Massachusetts pose beside two of the ship's eight-inch guns, with the men's rank and the massive gun barrels setting the scale of the vessel. The Massachusetts was commissioned in 1893 and served in the Spanish-American War in 1898, when she took part in operations off Cuba. Stereo cards like this one were sold in pairs of nearly identical images, which when viewed through a stereoscope gave a sense of depth, so the sailors appear to stand almost within reach. The card's caption information is unverified, so the exact date and the men's identities remain uncertain.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by J.F. Jarvis. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--US Govt.--MASS.; US Hist.--War of 1898; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 808 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132887 |
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