Restos del U.S.S. Maine, Habana – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Restos del U.S.S. Maine, Habana, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Restos del U.S.S. Maine, Habana
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Remains of the battleship lie in Havana harbor in this view, the twisted hull that marked the spot where USS *Maine* sank after an explosion on February 15, 1898. The blast killed more than 250 of the crew, and its cause was never settled to everyone's satisfaction, but the public outcry over it helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War that spring. The Detroit Publishing Company issued this image as a photochrom, a color process that built up the hues from several printing stones, so the tones look painted rather than photographed.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53506. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) Shipwrecks--Cuba--Havana. Naval warfare. Battleships--American. Spanish-American War, 1898.Cuba--Havana. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,486 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217883 |
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