U.S.S. Kentucky silver service, presented by citizens of Kentucky – Antique Print
![U.S.S. Kentucky silver service, presented by citizens of Kentucky, [1900 or 1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fbacdc9d2d16-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. Kentucky silver service, presented by citizens of Kentucky. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Kentucky silver service, presented by citizens of Kentucky
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Silver presentation services were a traditional way for a state or city to honor a warship that bore its name, and this glass negative documents one given to the battleship *Kentucky* by citizens of the state. The ship, a Kearsarge-class battleship commissioned in 1900, was among the newer capital ships in the U.S. Navy at the turn of the century, and the photograph likely dates to the same period. Detroit Publishing Company, known for its broad record of American places and objects, made the image on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate. Its focus is the ceremonial tableware itself, which makes it a useful record of the decorative arts of naval display.
| Created / published | [1900 or 1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020504. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Kentucky (Battleship) Battleships--American. Tableware. Silver. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63750 |
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