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U.S.S. Free Lance, officers and crew – Antique Wall Art

U.S.S. Free Lance, officers and crew, 1898 — historic photograph
U.S.S. Free Lance, officers and crew, 1898. Historic photograph from the Battleships collection.

(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. Free Lance, officers and crew, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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U.S.S. Free Lance, officers and crew

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Few pictures on this board show a steam yacht turned into a warship, and this one records the people who served aboard the U.S.S. *Free Lance* in 1898, the year the United States went to war with Spain. The Navy bought many privately owned steam yachts that spring and fitted them for patrol, dispatch, and coastal duty, since their speed and shallow draft suited work close to shore. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued photographs and photochrom prints across the United States, made the two close glass-plate negatives of the officers and crew, and the portraits capture the mix of commissioned men and enlisted sailors that a vessel of this kind required.

Created / published1898
Medium2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreGroup portraits.Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesNegatives are close variants. X 133" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020022. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsFree Lance (Steam yacht) United States.--Navy. Government vessels--American. Military officers--American. Seamen--American. Steam yachts.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63320

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