Wreck of USS MAINE, Havana, Cuba, 1898
gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
Cuba, Havana
1898
paper
3-3/4 x 6-1/2 in.
Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative at bottom "338", and handwritten lower left, "AT WORK ON THE WRECK/ S.S. 'MAINE'", and lower right "COMPLIMENTS/ OF/ MERRITT & CHAPMAN/ DERRICK & WRECKING [CO.]"; Havana, Cuba, 1898; see duplicate print 1964.520.188; see similar scenes 2008.28.3.60-68, .70.
2008.28.3.66