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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Original 12 weekly issues "Uncle Sam's Navy"- April 5 to June 21, 1898 bound together. Photojournalism in 16 pages each of late-19th-century photography and illustrations per issue focusing on American military fighting vessels and naval power. J.S. Johnston: A renowned late-19th-century maritime and architectural photographer based in New York. His copyrighted halftone photographs—such as his famous 1892 profile of the cruiser USS Philadelphia (C-4)—were prominently featured in the series.Edward H. Hart: Though occasionally uncredited by name in standard indexes, Hart was an official photographer for the U.S. Navy during this exact window. His highly publicized interior images of ship crews—most notably his historic torpedo-room photographs of the "Gunner's Gang" aboard the USS Maine right before its 1898 sinking—make up a core part of the publication's early issues. The primary prominent names tied to the publication's images include J.S. Johnston: A renowned late-19th-century maritime and architectural photographer based in New York. His copyrighted halftone photographs—such as his famous 1892 profile of the cruiser USS Philadelphia (C-4)—were prominently featured in the series. Edward H. Hart: Though occasionally uncredited by name in standard indexes, Hart was an official photographer for the U.S. Navy during this exact window. His highly publicized interior images of ship crews—most notably his historic torpedo-room photographs of the "Gunner's Gang" aboard the USS Maine right before its 1898 sinking—make up a core part of the publication's early issues A dozen, or so pages have been taken out and are gone for good and many are lying loose in the book's cloth binding. End of the 19th century photography album of the wartime American Military and the visual reactions to the country to the tragedies i.e. the sinking the "The MAINE". Military cruisers and their crews. Gunboats of the Spanish American War. Maritime Combat at the turn of the century. Large photographs of the US Navy in the late 1890s Size: 13.5 x 11.5 oblong folio. illustrated throughout largely from photographs. Black and White photographs of battleships, cruisers, monitors, gunboats, torpedo-boats, big guns, ships' crews, drill exercises, auxiliary vessels, and portraits of Naval officers. 180 pp. The pages are bright and the photos terrific however many have been pulled out from the binding and over the years chipped and t. Navy History War Photos (illustrator). …