About This Item

  • TitleUSS New Hampshire
  • Call NumberTHOM_0070
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo men standing on spar deck (interior) of USS New Hampshire, launched in 1864 for use in the Civil War as a supply ship and later used as a training vessel. Location at time of photograph is unknown. Note: Ship sank in Massachusetts Bay in 1921.
  • Date1897
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: "E. S. Thomson; spar deck, U.S.S. New Hampshire. On verso: date inscribed: 1897. On verso: "Or mid-deck view, training ship 'Vermont'." Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectDecks (Naval architecture)
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.