U.S.S. Raleigh, Lieuts. Chadwick and Kiely and pay clerk – Vintage Print
![U.S.S. Raleigh, Lieuts. Chadwick and Kiely and pay clerk, [between 1894 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d66e284753e2-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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U.S.S. Raleigh, Lieuts. Chadwick and Kiely and pay clerk
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Two close variants of this glass negative show the protected cruiser U.S.S. Raleigh's officers and a pay clerk posed together aboard ship, with Lieutenants Chadwick and Kiely named in the title. The Raleigh was commissioned in 1895 and belonged to the post-1880s effort to build a steel navy, so these men represent the service at a time when American warships were newly modern and the country was extending its reach overseas. The prints came from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely and sold views of ships, ports, and places, and the negatives are attributed to a photographer named Hart on the basis of their numbering. Their 8 by 10 inch format was typical of the period's commercial work.
| Created / published | [between 1894 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 negatives : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives are close variants. Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Possibly French E. Chadwick. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Dup" on negative B. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020913. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Raleigh (Cruiser) United States.--Navy. Cruisers (Warships)--American. Military officers--American. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 779 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64111 |
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