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BATTLESHIP "MAINE". Thus named to perpetuate the memory of the famous American warship destroyed in Havana Harbor just prior to the Spanish-American war. 394 feet in length, 72 feet in breadth, and has a displacement of nearly 14,000 tons. Speed 18 knots per hour. Horse-power, 16,000. Cost, almost $2,885,000. Armament comprises four 12-inch breech loading rifles of latest approved pattern and sixteen 6-inch guns, in addition to two dozen quick firers. Complement, 35 officers and 614 men.
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U.S. NAVY. Battleship "Maine".
BATTLESHIP "MAINE". Thus named to perpetuate the memory of the famous American warship destroyed in Havana Harbor just prior to the Spanish-American war. 394 feet in length, 72 feet in breadth, and has a displacement of nearly 14,000 tons. Speed 18 knots per hour. Horse-power, 16,000. Cost, almost $2,885,000. Armament comprises four 12-inch breech loading rifles of latest approved pattern and sixteen 6-inch guns, in addition to two dozen quick firers. Complement, 35 officers and 614 men.
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons (English, 1886–1960)
American
1906
Medium/Technique
Photo-chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9611
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Printed in Germany.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2324 "U.S. Navy-Battleships."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2324 "U.S. Navy-Battleships."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)