MAINE U.S.N. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of MAINE U.S.N. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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MAINE U.S.N.
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The title ties this glass negative to the U.S. Navy and the name Maine, most likely the battleship USS Maine, though the caption data is unverified and the record gives no date. That ship exploded and sank in Havana harbor in February 1898, an event that helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War and made the name familiar across the country. The negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose glass plates were later gathered into the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. Because the date is missing, the identification should be read as a working guess rather than a settled fact.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,860 × 4,260 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11201 |
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