Wreck of the Maine, Havana – Vintage 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.)
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A window into the past: Wreck of the Maine, Havana, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Wreck of the Maine, Havana
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Here the subject is the wreckage of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, the American battleship that exploded and sank there on February 15, 1898, killing more than 250 of the crew. The cause of the blast was never settled at the time, but it fed the rising tension between the United States and Spain and helped push the two countries into the Spanish-American War later that spring. By around 1900, when this print was made, the ship's broken remains were a well-known landmark for visitors to the harbor. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many of its views for sale to tourists, issued this scene as part of its broader series of American and foreign locations.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 5899. slightly marred. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cuba--Havana; US History--War of 1898; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131584 |
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