[U.S.S. Brooklyn, Ensign Roys] – Vintage Wall Art
![[U.S.S. Brooklyn, Ensign Roys], [between 1896 and 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a91580444891-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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A window into the past: [U.S.S. Brooklyn, Ensign Roys], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[U.S.S. Brooklyn, Ensign Roys]
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The most distinctive detail here is the ship: the portrait is tied to the cruiser *Brooklyn*, named for the New York city across the East River, and the young officer Ensign Roys is identified with her. Commissioned in 1896, the armored cruiser served as Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's flagship and fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in July 1898. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its western views and scenic photographs for railroad promotion, made this glass negative in the years just before that war, when the new steel navy was drawing wide public attention.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Attribution based on negative D4-32235. 665" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032247. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 797 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65880 |
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