Wreck of USS MAINE, Havana, Cuba, 1898

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co
Cuba, Havana
1898
paper
4-1/4 x 6-5/8 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower right "333", and handwritten at left "WORKING ON THE WRECK/ OF U.S.S. 'MAINE'", and at right "COMPLIMENTS/ OF/ MERRITT & CHAPMAN/ DERRICK & WRECKING/ CO."; Havana, Cuba, 1898; see duplicate print 1964.520.189; see similar scenes 2008.28.3.60-68, .70.

2008.28.3.70