U.S.S. New York, marine guard – Vintage Wall Art
![U.S.S. New York, marine guard, [between 1893 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ac/ac548b4eec54-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. New York, marine guard, preserved in this historic photograph. 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. New York, marine guard
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The subject here is a marine guard aboard the U.S.S. *New York*, a steel armored cruiser commissioned in 1893 and one of the most prominent American warships of its day. Its crew took part in the Spanish-American War in 1898, including the Santiago campaign, where the ship served as a flagship. This glass negative, made by the Detroit Publishing Company, captures the formal bearing expected of Marine detachments on naval vessels, with the inspection setting reflecting the discipline that governed shipboard life. The company's large-format plates from this period document the growing role of the modern steel navy in American public life.
| Created / published | [between 1893 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20739. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020770. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | New York (Cruiser) United States.--Marine Corps. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Soldiers--American. Military inspections. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63976 |
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