Wreck of USS MAINE, Havana, Cuba, 1898
gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
Cuba, Havana
1898
paper
3-7/8 x 6-3/8 in.
Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower left "339", and handwritten, "AT WORK ON THE WRECK OF/ U.S.S. 'MAINE'", and "COMPLIMENTS/ OF/ MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK/ &/ WRECKING CO."; Havana, Cuba, 1898; see duplicate print 1964.520.198; see similar scenes 2008.28.3.60-68, .70.
2008.28.3.63