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Photo # NH 54399: General Muster on board USS Enterprise, circa spring 1890

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Views by E.H. Hart, 1890 (Part III: Miscellaneous Activities)


This page features additional E.H. Hart photographs concerning USS Enterprise.

For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Enterprise (1877-1909).


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    Photo #: NH 54399

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "General Muster" on the ship's main deck, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks forward from the quarterdeck. The Commanding Officer, Captain Bowman H. McCalla, is standing in the right center, with hands clasped in front.
    Note the Marine drummer and bugler in the left center, just beyond the hatch and pump.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54201

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "Sunday Morning Inspection" on the main deck, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks forward from the quarterdeck. Marine Guard is in the left foreground. Enterprise's Commanding Officer, Commander Bowman H. McCalla, is standing just beyond the pumps in the center.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54200

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Ship's crew at quarters, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks forward from the quarterdeck. Note hatch and pumps in center foreground, Marine guard at left and IX-inch Dahlgren broadside guns.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54210

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "Quartermaster relieving Watch" while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, probably circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note the Sailors' pea coats, watch caps and sea boots, telescope carried by the man at right and binoculars held by his companion, signal flags and ship's rigging.
    The stern of the receiving ship Vermont is in the bakcground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 470 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 47028

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Sailors "stand by to lay aloft", probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note iron boat cradles at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51048

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "Next": The ship's barber shaving another crewman, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note barber's folding chair, and his tray suspended from the rigging.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54217

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Ship's tailor with his sewing machine and a crowd of other crew members, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 47029-A (without verses)

    "Spinning a Yarn"

    Seven "Old Salts" engaged in telling tall tales aboard USS Enterprise (1877-1909), probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York.
    Suitable verses from "The Tale of the Gyascutus" are printed below the original photographic image.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 47029

    "Spinning a Yarn"


    Seven "Old Salts" engaged in telling tall tales aboard USS Enterprise (1877-1909), probably while their ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York.
    Suitable verses from "The Tale of the Gyascutus" are printed below the original photographic image.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54218-A

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Ship's mascot dogs, with "Duster" at left, by a skylight on the quarterdeck, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 690 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54218-B

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "Duster", one of the ship's mascot dogs, on the main deck, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note the rack for round shot, in the right background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 585 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54208-A

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Two of the ship's cutters racing, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Ship in the background appears to be USS Chicago.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 135KB; 620 x 675 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Enterprise (1877-1909).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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