George Sternberg Album #1 - Early Pictures
 

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Identifier

sa1-p097-04

Date

1-1-1912

Description

This black and white photograph features a funeral procession in Washington, D.C., for the victims of the explosion of the USS Maine. There are three men on horses and one riderless horse at the front leading a funeral Caisson wagon. Several Caissons can be seen behind them, men in military uniforms and several horses hitched to the Caissons. There are people at the windows of the buildings in the background. The USS Maine exploded off the coast of Cuba in 1898, but it wasn't until 1911-1912 that the bodies were removed from the sea and brought home to the United States. The men were buried in Arlington Cemetery. It is currently the Arlington National Cemetery.

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Black and white photograph

Keywords

Washington (D.C.), Military personnel, Funeral processions, Buildings, Streets, Spectators, Coffins, Horses

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© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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eng

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Keywords

Washington (D.C.), Military personnel, Funeral processions, Buildings, Streets, Spectators, Coffins, Horses

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