U.S.S. Brooklyn at League Island Navy Yard – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn at League Island Navy Yard, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be5f724d9d7b-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Brooklyn at League Island Navy Yard. 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. Brooklyn at League Island Navy Yard
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Photographed at League Island Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, the cruiser *Brooklyn* was built at the nearby Cramp shipyard and commissioned in 1896. Later, as flagship of Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's squadron, she fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, documented American cities, railroads and landmarks in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 690" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020177. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. Naval yards & naval stations.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 775 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63470 |
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