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Administration bldg., Charleston Navy [Naval] Yard, Charleston, S.C. – Vintage Print

Administration bldg., Charleston Navy [Naval] Yard, Charleston, S.C., c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Administration bldg., Charleston Navy [Naval] Yard, Charleston, S.C., c[between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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: Administration bldg., Charleston Navy [Naval] Yard, Charleston, S.C., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Administration bldg., Charleston Navy [Naval] Yard, Charleston, S.C.

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The administration building at the Charleston Navy Yard anchors one of the Detroit Publishing Company's views of the South Carolina port, taken as the yard was growing into a major Atlantic Coast base. The Navy established the yard on the Cooper River in 1901, and by the 1910s its shops, docks, and offices were expanding to support fleet operations. Detroit Publishing, which made photographs and hand-colored photochrom prints for railroads and travel promoters, often documented federal installations like this one. The picture's 8 by 10 inch glass negative gives it the sharp detail typical of that era's commercial work.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 072472. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsNaval yards & naval stations.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73533

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