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U.S.S. Boston – Antique Print

U.S.S. Boston, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
U.S.S. Boston, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Boston collection.

(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. Boston. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Among the early steel warships of the rebuilt U.S. Navy, the U.S.S. Boston was a protected cruiser that had been designed and built in the 1880s, when the country was first returning to large-scale naval construction. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative, marked with the ship's name, was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document American places and vessels. The picture dates to roughly 1890 to 1901, a period when the Boston was active in the Pacific and was later part of the squadron that fought at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Boston 3" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020148. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBoston (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63450

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