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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Frank, post: 10629614, member: 5421&quot;]Do you know how <i>difficult </i>it is to photograph a Stanhope image? </p><p><br /></p><p>This watch fob in the shape of an anchor and telescope contains a Stanhope photo of the USS Massachusetts, probably taken around the turn of the last century. Gold plated, with a good bit of wear. You can see from the photos how small it is, and with the tiny little peephole you have to peer through, it must be held terribly close to your eye.</p><p>This was a flea-market find back in the 1980&#039;s, and if I remember, the seller had no idea there was a picture inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Massachusetts was scuttled off Pensacola in 1921, and is now a dive site and artificial reef.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532255[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532256[/ATTACH]</p><p>This was the best photo I was able to get. If you use your imagination, you can almost make out the outline of the ship...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532257[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]532258[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Who else has Stanhopes? Any tips on photographing them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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