Aboard the USS Brooklyn: These photographs document the lives of sailors on a 1896 warship

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USS Brooklyn, the third United States Navy armored cruiser, was completed in 1896 in Cramp, New York, and named after a famous quarter of the City. Recognizable by her three very tall funnels, she embodied grace and might, being the tallest, fastest cruiser in the American arsenal. These magnificent photographs, taken by Detroit Photographic Company […]

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