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U.S.S. Juniata – Antique Print

U.S.S. Juniata, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
U.S.S. Juniata, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Battleships 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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Juniata, a historic photograph rich in period 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. Juniata

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The picture shows the U.S.S. Juniata, a steel-hulled cruiser of the U.S. Navy, which the record identifies as the subject rather than a generic warship. The glass negative is dated between 1890 and 1901, a period when the navy was replacing its wooden fleet with steel vessels and modernizing ahead of the Spanish-American War. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for color and black-and-white views of American places and industry, made the image, and its catalog dating helps place it in the decade before the war. Its 8 x 10 inch format gives the ship's hull and rigging a level of detail that smaller photographs often lose.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020028. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsJuniata (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63326

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