U.S.S. Newark – Historic Reproduction
(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. Newark comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Newark
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Few details in this record set the picture apart from its neighbors, but the subject is the U.S.S. *Newark*, a steel protected cruiser that the U.S. Navy commissioned in the early 1890s as it began replacing its aging wooden and iron fleet. The image survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, probably made around 1893 by a photographer working for the Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many views of ships, railroads, and American landscapes. Handwritten marks on the negative, including the word "Hart" and the number 208, hint at how the plate was cataloged, and the glass itself shows the careful, large-format work of that era.
| Created / published | c1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Hart" and "208" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032297. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Newark (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 770 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65927 |
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