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U.S.S. MAINE entering Havana Harbor [and view of part of Morro Castle] – Vintage Photo Print

U.S.S. MAINE entering Havana Harbor [and view of part of Morro Castle], 1898 — historic photograph
U.S.S. MAINE entering Havana Harbor [and view of part of Morro Castle], 1898. 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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U.S.S. MAINE entering Havana Harbor [and view of part of Morro Castle] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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U.S.S. MAINE entering Havana Harbor [and view of part of Morro Castle]

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Here the battleship U.S.S. *Maine* steams into Havana Harbor, with the stone fortress of Morro Castle standing guard at the channel. The ship had arrived in January 1898 to protect American citizens and interests during unrest on Cuba, then a Spanish colony. Her explosion in the harbor on February 15, 1898, killed 260 American sailors and fueled public anger that helped push the United States into the Spanish-American War later that year. Built by the Spanish to defend the harbor entrance, Morro Castle adds a sense of centuries-old military history to the scene.

Created / published1898
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cuba--Havana; Ships--US Govt.--Morro Castle; US Hist.--War of 1898; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,171 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139868

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