Extremely rare 1898 photograph of the USS Maine battleship in all it's glory, taken days before she would be blown to bits in Cuba sparking war with Spain. Right up there with Pearl Harbor and 9-11, the Maine was a rallying cry for freedom among Americans for generations and "Remember the Maine" is a slogan that still resonates to this day. A rare Cyanotype photograph adhered to a scrapbook page, this is the only photograph of the doomed battleship before it sunk that we have ever handled and it presents beautifully!
Size: 4x5
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 10/10