First Day of the Divers, Wreck of U.S. Battleship "Maine"
Photograph
First Day of the Divers, Wreck of U.S. Battleship "Maine"
1898
Gelatin silver print
Image (each): 3 3/16 × 3 1/16 in. (8.1 × 7.7 cm)
Mount: 3 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (9 × 17.9 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.9172.0002
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, LC: F. A. Messerschmidt, GEN'L AG'T \ AND MANAGER. NAPERVILLE, ILLS.
Printed on mount on recto, RC: SOLD ONLY BY AGENTS OF \ THE UNIVERSAL ART COMPANY
Printed on mount on recto, BR: First Day of the Divers. Wreck of U. S. Battleship "Maine." \ Copyrighted 1898, by William H. Rau.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: 123 [circled]
Printed on mount on recto, RC: SOLD ONLY BY AGENTS OF \ THE UNIVERSAL ART COMPANY
Printed on mount on recto, BR: First Day of the Divers. Wreck of U. S. Battleship "Maine." \ Copyrighted 1898, by William H. Rau.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: 123 [circled]
