- Date:
- December 28, 1899
- Original Format:
- Stereocard
- Item#:
- MES14171
- Photographer:
- Richard Ross Whiting
Burial of the Victims of the Maine
This stereo card by the Keystone View Company shows the burial of the victims of the Maine at their final resting place, Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The U.S. battleship Maine was destroyed in Havana harbor by an explosion that killed 260 men. This incident helped precipitate the Spanish-American War.