U.S.S. Dixie, Naval Review, Oct. 1912 – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Dixie, Naval Review, Oct. 1912. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Dixie, Naval Review, Oct. 1912
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The record places the U.S.S. Dixie at a naval review in October 1912, a ceremony in which warships were lined up for inspection and public viewing. The title comes from notes the National Photo Company wrote on the negative or its sleeve, which the record marks as unverified, so the ship's identity is worth checking against naval registers. The Washington, D.C.-based company was a prolific news photographer in the early twentieth century, and its glass plates document the period's growing public interest in the American navy. Look closely at the surface, too: the record notes streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of the original coating, which give the image a mottled, softened texture.
| Created / published | 1912 Oct.. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,506 × 5,139 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262071 |
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