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Lot # 411: 1898 "USS Maine", Doomed Battleship Started the Spanish American War (Rare Cyanotype)

Category: Military/Political

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 13 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "December Collectors Auction 2020",
which ran from 12/9/2020 3:00 PM to
12/26/2020 8:00 PM



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 only the second photograph of the doomed battleship before it sunk that we have ever handled and it presents beautifully!

Size: 3.5x4.5
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 10/10

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