U.S.S. Maine, a fancy dress ball – Antique 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: U.S.S. Maine, a fancy dress ball, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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U.S.S. Maine, a fancy dress ball
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A fancy dress ball aboard the U.S.S. Maine in 1896 gives this interior view an unusual, lighthearted side of naval life, with crew and guests in costume filling the ship's quarters. The Maine had been commissioned only about a year earlier and was among the newer steel battleships in the United States Navy. Its later history adds weight to the scene: the ship exploded and sank in Havana harbor in February 1898, an event that helped bring on the Spanish-American War. The picture survives as an 8 x 10 inch glass-plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers recorded American places and people during this period.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on negative D4-20553. 505" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020557. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Maine (Battleship) United States.--Navy. Battleships--American. Seamen--American. Interiors. Masquerades. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 800 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-63800 |
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