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McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 151

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 151
Description
Caption: "Main [sic] Memorial Statue - Central Park N. Y." c. 1925. The monument was designed by Harold Van Buren Magonile, while the statuary was created by Attilio Piccirilli. The memorial, dedicated in New York City's Central Park in 1913, honors the more than 260 men killed aboard the USS Maine when the ship exploded in Havana's harbor during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
New York City, New York
Date
1925
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb-09-151
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
USS Maine National Monument, New York City
Type
Still Image