[U.S.S. Maine, junior officers] – Antique Print
![[U.S.S. Maine, junior officers], [1896?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ab/ab93e1e26f28-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [U.S.S. Maine, junior officers], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A group of junior officers from the battleship USS Maine stands for this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, which was made around 1896, though the date is uncertain. The Maine had been commissioned in 1895, and her loss in Havana harbor in February 1898 helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War. The negative is attributed to a photographer named Hart and was later issued by the Detroit Publishing Company. The glass has broken and been taped to a second sheet, a visible reminder of the plate's long life before it reached the collection.
| Created / published | [1896?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Group portraits.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-20545. Negative broken and taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Military officers--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63787 |
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