Taft at MAINE Monument dedication (LOC)

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Taft at MAINE Monument dedication

 

[1913 May 30]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Photo shows President William H. Taft during the dedication of the memorial to the battleship Maine, which exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. In 1913, the monument was placed at the Columbus Circle and 59th Street entrance to Central Park in New York City. (Source: Central Park Web site and Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13027

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 2694-1

 

 

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