Gun from Admiral Cervera's "Marie Theresa"

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:453470
Type: Postcard
Era: Undivided Back
Publisher: L.M. Cobb
Postmark: 1906 Nov-12
Postmark City: Franklin
Postmark State: MA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.75" x 5.75" (10 x 15 cm)

Additional Details:
This gun was taken from the wreck of Admiral Cervera's "Marie Theresa," which fired the first shot on July 3, 1898, as it steamed out of Santiago harbor. It is now stationed at Groton Heights, Conn. It is now the custody of the Anna Warner Bailey Chapter, D.A.R. of Groton and Stonington. it was unveiled by Hobson June 17th 1902.

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