U.S.S. NEWARK. Petty officers' mess – Historic Print
![U.S.S. NEWARK. Petty officers' mess, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bc/bc477eb9d209-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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U.S.S. NEWARK. Petty officers' mess
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Few photographs show the working spaces of a warship's enlisted crew as plainly as this view of the petty officers' mess aboard the U.S.S. Newark. The Newark was a protected cruiser built in the early 1890s, and the petty officers who ate here were the senior enlisted sailors who oversaw daily work and training below decks. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American landmarks and Navy ships in the decades around 1900, made this view, but the caption card gives no date. It is best read as a glimpse of everyday enlisted life aboard a steel cruiser of that period.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Eating; Ships, USS; Navy, U.S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144796 |
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