U.S.S. Brooklyn, group on gun deck – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Brooklyn, group on gun deck, [between 1896 and 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cf28577eb204-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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Step back in time with U.S.S. Brooklyn, group on gun deck, a historic photograph rich in period detail. 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, group on gun deck
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The cruiser *Brooklyn* was Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's flagship at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in July 1898, one of the decisive naval engagements of the Spanish-American War. Here a group of seamen gathers on her gun deck, surrounded by the ship's heavy guns and the cramped interior of a working warship. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its large glass-plate views of American places, made the negative, which catalogers date to between 1896 and 1899, the years the ship was new and active. Pictures like this show the everyday routine of the men who served those guns.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20231. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 690" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020249. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Brooklyn (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Seamen--American. Firearms. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Interiors. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 803 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63543 |
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