U.S.S. Oregon, engaging shore batteries at Santiago – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Oregon, engaging shore batteries at Santiago, [1898] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/af/af63379ec779-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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Oregon, engaging shore batteries at Santiago, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Oregon, engaging shore batteries at Santiago
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The title records the battleship *Oregon* firing on shore batteries at Santiago de Cuba, a moment from the Spanish-American War in 1898. Her crew had sailed from San Francisco around Cape Horn to join the Atlantic fleet, a voyage of roughly 14,000 miles that drew wide public attention and helped make the ship a symbol of American naval reach. The photograph is a glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose large-format views of the period are valued for their detail. The Battle of Santiago, fought on July 3, 1898, ended with the destruction of the Spanish squadron trying to escape the harbor.
| Created / published | [1898] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions. |
| Notes | Hart" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020855. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Oregon (Battleship) Battleships--American. Santiago, Battle of, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1898. Naval warfare.Cuba--Santiago de Cuba. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 782 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64065 |
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