U.S.S. Chicago remodeled – Historic Print
![U.S.S. Chicago remodeled, [between 1895 and 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5f84249cd0a-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Chicago remodeled. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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U.S.S. Chicago remodeled
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Few warships in the Detroit Publishing Company's files were as tied to America's naval rebuilding as the cruiser *Chicago*, shown here after her remodeling. Launched in the late 1880s as one of the steel cruisers the Navy began building after decades of relying on wooden hulls, she helped establish the United States as a modern naval power. The company, which listed this view in its 1901 catalog, traveled widely to photograph ships and cities for sale to the public. The 8 by 10 inch glass negative captures the ship's refitted profile in fine detail.
| Created / published | [between 1895 and 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). 934 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020286. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Chicago (Cruiser) Cruisers (Warships)--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 782 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63573 |
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