U.S.S. Maine – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S.S. Maine. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Made around 1897, this glass plate negative records the U.S. Navy battleship *Maine* about a year before she was lost in Havana harbor. Launched in 1889 and commissioned in 1895, the steel warship was part of the navy's effort to build a modern fleet after decades of mostly wooden vessels. Her sudden destruction in February 1898 helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War, which gives this pre-loss view added weight. The 8 by 10 inch glass plate format was standard for commercial photographers of the period, and its survival shows how such images were recorded and preserved.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 758" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) Battleships--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 789 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-75193 |
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