Keywords: outdoor monochrome Lot 3000-R-17: U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Charleston (C 2), at San Francisco, California. Charleston is known for being the ship that captured Guam during the Spanish-American War. She was grounded on an uncharted reef off Luzon in November 1899 and was wrecked beyond salvage. Detroit Photographic Company, circa 1903-1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/03/10). Lot 3000-R-17: U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Charleston (C 2), at San Francisco, California. Charleston is known for being the ship that captured Guam during the Spanish-American War. She was grounded on an uncharted reef off Luzon in November 1899 and was wrecked beyond salvage. Detroit Photographic Company, circa 1903-1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2016/03/10). |