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 lower left "325", and handwritten lower right, "AT WORK ON/ THE WRECK OF/ U.S.S. 'MAINE'", and "COMPLIMENTS OF/ MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK &/ WRECKING CO."; Havana, Cuba, 1898. See similar scenes 2008.28.3.60-68, .70; see duplicate print 1964.520.93.
2008.28.3.67