USS Maine entering Havana harbour, January 1898 At 9.40pm on the night of 15 February 1898 the United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board.USS Battleship Maine Entering Havana Harbor, Chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison. Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. Based in Chicago.
“The Maine entering Havana harbor. January 1898.” Unknown author, date January 1898.
USS Maine entering Havana harbour, January 1898 At 9.40pm on the night of 15 February 1898 the United States battleship Maine, riding quietly at anchor in Havana harbour, was suddenly blown up, apparently by a mine, in an explosion which tore her bottom out and sank her, killing 260 officers and men on board.
USS Battleship Maine Entering Havana Harbor, Chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison, 1898.
Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. Based in Chicago.
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