Burial of the Victims of the USS Maine

Creator
Keystone View Company

Context
This stereograph depicts the burial in Arlington Cemetery of the sailors who died on the USS Maine.

Audience
The American public

Purpose
To honor the lives of the sailors who died on the USS Maine and educate the public on the event

Historical Significance
This stereograph documents the funeral for the soldiers from the USS Maine. America used the sinking of the USS Maine to justify entering the Spanish American War.

Stereographs were an extremely popular form of entertainment in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Keystone View Company, BURIAL OF THE VICTIMS OF THE "MAINE" IN THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE (1899). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.