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Burial of the "Maine" Victims

Taken at Key West, Fla., March 27, 1898. First comes a detachment of sailors and marines in the left foreground, while at the right is seen a crowd of small colored boys, which precedes any public procession in the South. Then follow nine hearses, each coffin draped with the flag. At the side of each wagon walk the pall bearers, surviving comrades, their heads bowed in attitudes of grief. Next cornes naval officers and marines, and lastly a procession of carriages, followed by a large crowd on foot. The scene is reproduced as it actually occurred. The figures are life size and well in the foreground.

Edison Extra Films 20/05/1898.

The Funeral of Nine of the Victims of the "Maine" Disaster

A most covered with flowers, the caskets being entirely covered by the American Flag. The whole scene passes before the spectator just as it occurred, and its effect is pathetically realistic.

The Phonoscope 05/1898.