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Atlantic fleet, Guantanamo Bay from radio tower, U.S.N. [...] – Vintage Wall Art

Atlantic fleet, Guantanamo Bay from radio tower, U.S.N. [...], between 1915 and 1925. — historic photograph
Atlantic fleet, Guantanamo Bay from radio tower, U.S.N. [...], between 1915 and 1925.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: Atlantic fleet, Guantanamo Bay from radio tower, U.S.N. [...], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Taken from a radio tower, this long panoramic print spreads the Atlantic Fleet across the harbor at Guantánamo Bay on Cuba's southeastern coast. The United States had held the bay as a naval station since a 1903 agreement with Cuba, and in the years between 1915 and 1925 it served the fleet as a base in the Caribbean. The print is part of the collection of Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy from 1913 to 1921, which makes it a record of the navy's presence there during that period. Its wide, low format lets viewers take in the ships and waterfront in a single sweep.

Created / publishedbetween 1915 and 1925.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 9.5 x 77.5 in.
GenrePanoramic photographs.Gelatin silver prints.
NotesTransfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948. No. 1136. Forms part of Josephus Daniels collection. Donor information derived from photo mounting technique.
SubjectsUnited States.--Navy. Bays (Bodies of water) Ships. Waterfronts.Cuba--Guantánamo Bay.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 687 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129352

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