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Destroyer, torpedo tube – Vintage Wall Art

Destroyer, torpedo tube, [between 1882 and 1901] — historic photograph
Destroyer, torpedo tube, [between 1882 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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: Destroyer, torpedo tube, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few things on a late-nineteenth-century warship were as specialized as the torpedo tube, the launching mechanism that gave these small, fast vessels their offensive punch. This glass negative shows the interior of such a vessel, with the machinery and fittings needed to aim and fire a torpedo close to the enemy. The Library of Congress dates it only to between 1882 and 1901, based on how its catalog number compares with those in the Detroit Publishing Company's 1901 listing. The company was better known for its travel views and color prints, so its record of naval equipment is an unusual glimpse into the technology of the period.

Created / published[between 1882 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on similarity to numbers in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020351. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsDestroyer (Torpedo boat) Torpedo boats--American. Interiors. Torpedoes. Ship equipment & rigging.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-63631

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