U.S.S. Olympia, Capt. Gridley – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Olympia, Capt. Gridley, [between 1895 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cf/cfa8429014a7-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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This rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Olympia, Capt. Gridley in remarkable 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. Olympia, Capt. Gridley
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Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, who commanded the cruiser U.S.S. Olympia, is the subject of this portrait, and the ship named in the title ties him to his vessel. Gridley led the Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898, where Commodore George Dewey's squadron destroyed the Spanish fleet, and Dewey's order to "fire when ready, Gridley" became one of the war's best-known lines. The Detroit Publishing Company made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, and its catalog dates the plate to the years around 1900. Gridley died in 1898, so the portrait records him close to the height of his brief fame.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20807. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020808. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Gridley, Charles Vernon,--1844-1898. Olympia (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 810 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64013 |
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