Bell Watch, Naval Tr. Sch. -- Newport, R.I. neg. cracked – Historic Reproduction
(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: Bell Watch, Naval Tr. Sch. -- Newport, R.I. neg. cracked, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Bell Watch, Naval Tr. Sch. -- Newport, R.I. neg. cracked
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A bell watch at the Naval Training School in Newport, Rhode Island, gives this picture its particular subject: the ritual of striking a ship's bell to mark the half-hours of a sailor's shift. Newport was home to a major U.S. Navy training station, where enlisted recruits learned seamanship and the routines of shipboard life. The picture comes from the Bain News Service, a commercial agency whose glass negatives record daily American life in the early twentieth century. The record gives no exact date, and the negative is cracked, a reminder of how fragile these plates were.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,272 × 5,897 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20730 |
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