U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret, [between 1896 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ca/ca365b9fa664-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 forward turret. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret
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This view looks forward along the U.S.S. Brooklyn, a protected cruiser named for the New York city across the East River, where the ship's namesake city and its crew of sailors gave the vessel a strong local identity. The photograph shows the ship's forward gun turret and the heavy artillery it housed, the kind of armament that made American cruisers of the late 1890s formidable. The Brooklyn gained lasting fame in the Spanish-American War of 1898, when it fought in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made many large-format views of American places and industry around 1900, recorded the ship during the years when it was new to the fleet.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 2 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020197. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Artillery (Weaponry) Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63491 |
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