Unveiling of MAINE Monument - Public domain portrait photograph
Summary
Photo shows Frederick D. Owen (left), Department of Public Buildings and Grounds, Washington, D.C.; and George Hearst about to pull cord to unveil 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: New York Times, Central Park Web site and Flickr Commons project, 2009)
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Date
01/01/1913
Contributors
Bain News Service, publisher
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.