Item 66209 - Shield from Battleship "Maine" Bangor, ca. 1935
- Item 66209 - Shield from Battleship "Maine" Bangor, ca. 1935
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Image Info This monument in Bangor commemorates the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana, Cuba in 1898 which touched off the Spanish-American War. The monument is located in Davenport Park at the corner of Main and Cedar streets.
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The caption reads, "Shield from Battleship "Maine" sunk in Havana Harbor, 1898, Bangor, Maine."
The Tichnor Brothers printing company published this type of postcard circa 1930-1945.
