U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, [1898 Aug.-Oct.] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b6/b622ada8913f-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. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 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. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard
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The battleship *Oregon* sits out of the water in a dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, exposing the hull that is normally hidden below the waterline. The ship had earned fame in 1898 for its voyage from San Francisco around Cape Horn to join the fleet off Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and this view likely dates from late summer or early fall of that year, after the fighting ended. Dry docking allowed crews to inspect, clean and repair a warship's underside, so pictures like this one captured routine but important naval work. The glass negative was made by the Detroit Photographic Company, whose large-format views of American cities and ships are widely held today.
| Created / published | [1898 Aug.-Oct.] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, which states that the Oregon was in dry dock at some point between 20 Aug. and 12 Oct. Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020814. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Oregon (Battleship) Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.) Battleships--American. Naval yards & naval stations.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64019 |
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