U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock – Historic Reproduction
![U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac3d321052b7-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. Massachusetts in dry dock, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock
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The U.S.S. Massachusetts sits out of the water in a dry dock here, her hull fully exposed for repair and cleaning. The Detroit Publishing Company made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, and the firm was known for large-format views of American places and industry. The negative is dated between 1896 and 1901, a period when the battleship was in active service and later took part in the Spanish-American War. Dry docks let crews reach the underwater hull, which could not be inspected or cleaned while the ship was afloat.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20578. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 831" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020581. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920) Battleships--American. Naval yards & naval stations. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63824 |
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