U.S.S. NEWARK - Sailor's mess – Antique Print
![U.S.S. NEWARK - Sailor's mess, [ca. 1898] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cf729c166b7c-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. NEWARK - Sailor's mess, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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U.S.S. NEWARK - Sailor's mess
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Few pictures show a crew at their meals as directly as this view of the sailors' mess aboard the U.S.S. Newark. The Newark was a protected cruiser rather than a battleship, and she served during the Spanish-American War, when the Navy's enlisted men lived in cramped, communal quarters below deck. The photograph was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its large catalog of American scenes, and its caption card gives a date of about 1898, though that date is unverified.
| Created / published | [ca. 1898] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 020071. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--USS; Eating; Navy, U.S. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,165 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151147 |
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