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The wreck of the MAINE, Havana, Cuba – Vintage Print

The wreck of the MAINE, Havana, Cuba — historic photograph
The wreck of the MAINE, Havana, Cuba. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(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 The wreck of the MAINE, Havana, Cuba, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The wreck of the MAINE, Havana, Cuba

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Few wrecks carry as much weight in American memory as the battleship *Maine*, pictured here in Havana harbor. The ship exploded on the night of February 15, 1898, killing 260 of its crew, and the blast became a rallying cry in the rush to war with Spain that spring. The wreck stayed in the harbor for years afterward, and this cyanotype, made around 1901, records that long afterlife in a process better known for blueprints than for news pictures. Its blue-white tones give the scene an unusually stark, ghostly quality.

Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
Notesc1901.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,067 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126642

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