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Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15th 1898, 9:40 P.M

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Title: Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15th 1898, 9:40 P.M
Creator: Kurz & Allison, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1898
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, with bodies and debris exploding outward from a fiery blast and the coast of Havana visible in the background; vignettes across the top margin show the "location of the Maine -- Havana Harbor," portraits of "Admiral Sicard" and "Captain Sigsbee" framed by rope, and a scene with a team of sailors on a boat with pulleys "recovering the dead bodies."
"Copyrighted 1898 by Kurz & Allison, 267-269 Wabash Ave., Chicago."--text, bottom right margin. "Launched 1890. Blown up 1898. Draught, 21 ft. 6 in. 6,682 tons. Speed 17 knots. 9,293 H.P. Cost $3,000,000. : Armament, 4-10 in. breech-loading Rifles; 14 rapid fire Guns; 4 revolving Cannons; 4 Gatlings; 7 Torpedo Tubes; Officers and Crew, 450; Killed and Drowned, 266."--text, bottom left and right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 26.67 x 35.56 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_001248
400970
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2233
Language: English
Subject: Admirals--United States--Pictorial works
Marine accidents--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
Shipwrecks--Pictorial works
Sicard, Montgomery, 1836-1900--Pictorial works
Sigsbee, Charles D. (Charles Dwight), 1845-1923--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place: Havana (Cuba)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Small Size
Other Military
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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