U.S.S. Newark, Admiral Bunce and staff – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Newark, Admiral Bunce and staff, [between 1891 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ab/ab78a40ac011-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. Newark, Admiral Bunce and staff 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. Newark, Admiral Bunce and staff
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Two glass negatives show Rear Admiral Francis Marvin Bunce posed with his staff inside the U.S.S. Newark, a protected cruiser built in the early 1890s as the new steel Navy took shape. The indoor setting, rather than the deck or a harbor view, puts the focus on the officers and the ship's interior rather than its exterior lines. Bunce died in 1901, and the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its wide travel and topographic views, listed these prints in its 1901 catalog, so they likely date from the late 1890s.
| Created / published | [between 1891 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Group portraits.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Negatives are close variants. Dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020066. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Bunce, Francis Marvin,--1836-1901. Newark (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Admirals--American. Interiors. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63370 |
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