[U.S.S.] Olympia – Antique Wall Art
![[U.S.S.] Olympia, [ca. 1899] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f017c5d55138-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.] Olympia comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. 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
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The cruiser *Olympia* is best known as Commodore George Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898, the opening engagement of the Spanish-American War. Built in San Francisco and commissioned in 1895, the steel-hulled ship was among the most modern vessels in the U.S. Navy when this picture was made around 1899. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer known for her documentary and portrait work, included the ship in her collection. Cyanotypes like this one used sunlight to produce a distinctive blue-and-white print, a process that was still common for record-keeping and artistic work at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | [ca. 1899] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : cyanotype. |
| Genre | Cyanotypes 1890-1910. |
| Notes | Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Olympia (Cruiser)--1890-1910. Cruisers (Warships)--American--1890-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,167 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219398 |
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