U.S.S. Maine, I name thee Maine"" – Historic Reproduction
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(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 rare historic photograph captures U.S.S. Maine, I name thee Maine"" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Here Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Tracy stands on the launching platform with his granddaughter, Alice Wilmerding, as the new battleship *Maine* is named in November 1889. The ship was built at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn and was among the first modern battleships of a U.S. Navy rebuilt after the Civil War. The ship's name later carried great weight, because the *Maine* exploded and sank in Havana harbor in February 1898, an event that helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War.
| Created / published | [1889 Nov.] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Tracy and granddaughter Alice Wilmerding standing on platform. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020526. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) Battleships--American. Launchings.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 779 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63772 |
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