Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898 – 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: Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898, preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898
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The lithograph shows the U.S. battleship *Maine* in Havana Harbor after its explosion on February 15, 1898, which killed more than 250 of the crew. Captain Charles D. Sigsbee commanded the ship, and the print names him alongside Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard, whose name also appears in its subject headings. The cause of the blast was never settled at the time, but the United States blamed Spain, and the sinking helped push the country into the Spanish-American War that spring. Chicago firm Kurz & Allison produced many dramatic news lithographs of the period, and this one reflects how quickly the event was turned into a popular image of national grievance.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Kurz & Allison, Chicago. |
| Subjects | Sigsbee, Charles D. (Charles Dwight),--1845-1923. Sicard, Montgomery,--1836-1900. Maine (Battleship)--Disasters--Cuba--Havana--1890-1900. Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--American--Cuba--Havana. Battleships--Cuba--Havana--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,682 × 3,768 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226882 |
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