Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S. battleship Maine
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Captain Charles D. Sigsbee is the subject here, and his role makes him a natural anchor for a picture on the battleship board: he commanded the USS Maine when she exploded and sank in Havana Harbor in February 1898. That disaster, which killed more than 250 American sailors, pushed the United States toward war with Spain later that spring. Sigsbee's portrait from the same year captures him at the center of those events. The record is thin on who made the print, so the image is best read as a document of the man and moment rather than of a particular ship.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Tobin. B & W film neg #. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,120 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111821 |
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