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U.S.S. Oregon, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago – Historic Reproduction

U.S.S. Oregon, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago, [1898] — historic photograph
U.S.S. Oregon, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago, [1898]. Historic photograph from the Battleships 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: U.S.S. Oregon, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago, 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, watching a shot at the [Cristobal] Colon, Battle of Santiago

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The battleship *Oregon* is the ship in this view, and the record identifies its target as the Spanish cruiser *Cristóbal Colón* during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898. The *Oregon* had made a long run from San Francisco around South America to join the American fleet off Cuba, a voyage that helped fix the ship's reputation in the public mind. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many photographs of American ships and places around the turn of the century, made the negative, so the picture reflects the period's appetite for images of the new navy.

Created / published[1898]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesAttribution based on negative D4-20855. 920" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020859. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsOregon (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Seamen--American. Santiago, Battle of, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1898. Naval warfare.Cuba--Santiago de Cuba.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64069

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