Navy and Battleship Postcards and Photographs

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Description

This postcard features a color illustration of the U. S. S. Main where it sank in Havana Harbor in Habana, Cuba. A United States flag can be seen hanging from the mast where it stands from the wreckage. "The Main" is printed below the image and "Habana" is printed in the lower left of the card. An inscription is written in Spanish below the image and title. [see transcription field] The back of the card is addressed to Gonzalo Camara in Merida Lucatan, Mexico. The card is postmarked Habana, Cuba, April 7, 1906 and a red Maximo Gomez postage stamp is in the upper right.

Transcription

Abril 7 de 1905 Afectursos recuerdos de tu hermana Carlos [sic]

Publication Date

1904

Publisher

Wilson's Obispo, Habana

Time Period

1900-1919

Subjects

Havana Bay (Cuba); Naval ships; Shipwrecks

Keywords

ships; shipwrecks

Geographic Location

Havana (Cuba)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1904-04-07_Postcard-The_Main-Habana-Cuba_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 5, International

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

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