U.S.S. Brooklyn, the mascot – Vintage Wall Art
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, the mascot, [between 1896 and 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a37ba9ac8101-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. Brooklyn, the mascot in remarkable detail. 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. Brooklyn, the mascot
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A goat takes center stage in this glass negative of the cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn, a warship named for the city of Brooklyn and commissioned in 1896. Goats were a long-standing shipboard tradition in the U.S. Navy, kept as mascots that roamed the decks and became part of a crew's daily life. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made many views of American places and people around the turn of the century, produced this 8 by 10 inch plate, and its catalog places the image in the late 1890s, when the Brooklyn was new to service.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20231. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020259. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Goats. Mascots. Seamen--American. Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63552 |
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