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The USS MAINE Memorial Bells!

1904 Version

Images contributed by J. Eric Fitzgerald
Click here to see the 1901 version
Another set of MAINE bells was produced in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair. These bells were also made from metal recovered from the wreck of the Battleship MAINE.

1904 Bell made from the Battleship Maine, version 1 1904 Bell made from the Battleship Maine, version 2


The text on the handles read as follows. The front (below, left) reads "Remember the MAINE Designed for the World's Fair St. Louis, Mo. 1904." The back (below, right) reads "The brass in the bell was recovered from the wreck of the MAINE destroyed in Havana harbor Feb. 15, 1898"

Bell inscription, Version 1 Bell inscription, Version 1


Bibliography:

Fitzgerald, J. Eric (personal correspondence with editor)

Suggs, Ed (communications assistance)


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