spanish american war

Broadside celebrating Cuba's victory over Spain in the Spanish America...

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GOGA 21982 Walter Ross Collection Banner

GOGA 21982 Walter Ross Collection Welcome Home Banner, from the Spanish American War

Letter from A.E. Green to "George," July 22 1898 regarding tax bill an...

Letter from A.E. Green to "George," May 30 1898 regading money owed an...

Our gallant soldier-boys flirting with fair admirers, Dewey Parade, N....

75995 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R. Y. Young. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Final burial of the victims of the "Maine," Arlington Cemetery, Va. De...

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Old glory on Morro Castle, Cuba

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place - Picryl description

Troops for Manila aboard City of Peking

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card - Picryl description

Wreck of the Reina Mercedes, Santiago

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General view of wrecked battleship Maine

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U.S. firing line, soldiers occupying native huts, Philippine Islands

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Fourth Ohio Infantry embarking for Porto Rico

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The "marine battlefield" from Morro Castle. Santiago.

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card - Picryl description

U.S. firing line, soldiers occupying native huts, Philippine Islands

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Daiguiri [i.e. Daiquiri] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lamb, Richard and Mrs. Lamb. (Spanish American war camp.)

A group of people standing in front of a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daiguiri i.e. Daiquiri - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-21499. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021489. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photogra... More

The Spanish American war in its political naval & military aspects by ...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 189-

"Maine" U.S.N. J.S. Johnston View & Marine Photo, N.Y

Photograph shows a starboard side view of the USS Maine at anchor in a harbor. 50803BB U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamped on lower left corner: J.S. Johnston View & Marine Photo, N.Y. Inscribed on negative o... More

President McKinley in full view of the veterans, Grand Army Reunion, B...

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Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

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General view of the wrecked battleship Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba

No. 9078. Copyright 1898 by B.L. Shipley. Commentary about event on verso. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Forward deck of the wrecked battleship, Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba

28942 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9113. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers tent, Camp Alger, VA, Stereoscope Card

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12-inch coast defense gun, Stereoscope Card

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Moving camp - Eighth U.S. Infantry, Tampa

Soldiers loading covered wagon. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Juan Hill, where Col. Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" led the charge. -...

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Admiral Schley's, flag ship Brooklyn, Stereoscope Card

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Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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New view of the "Maine" wreck, showing tremendous force of the explosi...

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Landing of American troops at Baiquiri [sic], Cuba

Photograph showing an elevated view of an American military installation in Cuba filled with battalions moving with supplies. Title and date from item. Copyright 1898 by William Dinwiddie.

Society of Manila Bay certificate, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detr...

Title from jacket. "To be printed only to the order of Casey Bruce Morgan" on negative; date on seal: May 1898. Morgan was ensign aboard U.S.S. Raleigh. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045149. Gift; State Historical... More

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Soldiers washing dishes / motion picture

Some men in military uniform, others in civilian clothes, bringing cups and cutlery to wash, tents and building in background. Actual washing not shown. 38243 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Thomas A. Edison;... More

[Society of Manila Bay certificate]

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Hoisting the 6 in. gun shield. Wreck of U.S. battleship "Maine"

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Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba /

"A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass"--Edison films catalog. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cu... More

Honor to McKinley! / Keppler. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows Joseph Pulitzer and a monkey, possibly meant to represent William R. Hearst, as editors of yellow journalism newspapers wrapped up in their papers with outrageous headlines, calling for a declaratio... More

Cruiser USS COLUMBIA. Warship photograph collection

Spanish-American War. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley; Keystone View Co. No. 9224. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Ships US. Govt. COLUMBIA;... More

Boarding the transport boats for Santiago, Tampa, Fla., U.S.A.

42389 U.S. Copyright Office. No. (b) 9250. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

U.S.S. New York, bombarding Aguadores

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Light artillery with Shafter at Santiago de Cuba

Soldiers riding on horseback; Spanish-American War. Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. War of 1898; Cuba S- -d... More

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry - Famous Indian fighters

African American soldiers on horseback - Spanish-American War. Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

71st Regiment, Camp Wyckoff / - movie film screenshot

"Of the thousand and more men who left New York for the Cuban Campaign, scarcely three hundred were able to shoulder their rifles to march before the Biograph camera at Camp Wikoff. The picture shows many of th... More

Photograph of a Soldier Holding an American Flag

Spanish-American War Photographs Public domain photograph - United States military, propaganda free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wounded Santiago soldiers in U.S. general hospital

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Rough rider camp, Santiago, Stereoscope Card

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U.S.S. Isla de Luzon, cruiser taken at Manilla [i.e. Manila] by Dewey

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Parade of marines, U.S. cruiser "Brooklyn" /

"First comes the famous Marine Band of the "Brooklyn," with the mascot goat alongside the bass drum. The 300 Marines follow in rapid marching order, a sixteen file front in each company. 150 feet"--Edison films... More

U.S.S. Texas, searchlight from Vizcaya replacing one destroyed in Batt...

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Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. U.S. battleship Maine, destroyed in...

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Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. U.S. battleship Maine, destroyed in...

Album title devised. Annotation: from a loaned negative. In album: Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898, p. [45].

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A political cartoon of a man with a sword, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C... More

[The fly in the ointment] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Two men, one smoking a pipe and the other holding a newspaper titled "War News," recline against sheaves of wheat in a harvested field. A canteen and rucksack lie at their feet. Inscribed in pencil lower right... More

The modern sphinx has spoken / Dalrymple.

Print shows an American Sailor standing on the deck of a battleship, holding the American flag; in the water around the battleship are the ruins of the Spanish fleet. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1108, (1898 J... More

Wreck of the battleship "Maine" /

"Taken in Havana Harbor from a moving launch, and shows the wreck of the "Maine" surrounded by wrecking boats and other vessels. The warped and twisted remains show how thoroughly this immense mass of iron and ... More

A United States Army surgeon attending wounded soldiers in a field hos...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture D... More

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

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U.S.S. Maine entering Havana harbor

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The Crowded Hour at San Juan July 1, 1898

James Edward Kelly designed this bronze depicting Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider during the Spanish American War.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0804. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Terror on passage from San Juan to St. Thomas

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U.S.S. Iowa, damage from Spanish fire in Battle of Santiago

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Penna. Cavalry at Newport News - en route to Porto Rico

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Firing a salute over a comrades grave

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General Wheeler and Secretary Alger /

"This picture was taken in front of Gen. Wheeler's headquarters at Camp Wikoff during Gen. Alger's tour of inspection of the camp. The two distinguished military men are seen overlooking the immense camp ground... More

Shooting captured insurgents / motion picture

"A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. 46696 U.S. Copyright O... More

It's got to be sooner or later - and it looks like "sooner" / Dalrympl...

Print shows Uncle Sam holding the hand of a female figure on a tiny island labeled "Cuba"; she is holding the flag of Cuban independence. Uncle Sam is gesturing to go home toward a ship on which is a defeated p... More

Camps at the Presidio during the Spanish American War, 1898.

Camps at the East Cantonment of the Presidio during the Spanish American War, 1898.

The hill at Guantanamo, June 10, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D4-21494. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021494. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photogra... More

Why peace reigns / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows Uncle Sam leaning over a wall labeled "$50,000,000 For National Defense" and fashioned from money bags labeled with "$"; a tattered diminutive man, possibly representing Spain, sits on a rock on the... More

The 8th Ohio boys ready to leave Camp Alger for Cuba

Large group of soldiers preparing to debark. Sold by Underwood & Underwood.

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Negative cracked lower right corner. "924" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021517. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cuba. Starving Cubans at Matanzas, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph - 19th-century stereoscopic card, view, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McKinley and party / motion picture

"This picture has been very popular wherever it has been shown on the Biograph. To begin with, the film is unusually fine photographically, and the picture is taken from a point of view which shows the immense ... More

Celebrating July 4th, 1898 - "the triumph of the American battle-ship"...

Print shows a gleeful Uncle Sam sitting with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing "Spain", "Italy" (Umberto I), "Austria" (Franz Joseph I), "France", Germany (William II... More

"Maine" wreck, aft looking forward, from port side - Old Glory still f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0805. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

9th Infantry boys' morning wash /

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life. Soap and towels too. Every man jack of them looks as if he were ... More

The war council at General Shafter's headquarters, which planned the b...

Photograph showing William Shafter seated left center under a tree in a white shirt and suspenders. Rear view of many men surrounding him, with one bareheaded man looking over his shoulder at the camera. Copyr... More

Chief McCullah with General Monocal and officers, Spanish-American War...

Photograph shows Chief McCullah, dressed in white, Gen. Monocal, standing on far left, and officers.

U.S.S. Texas, tompion of 12-inch gun made of metal from Vizcaya, recor...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021018. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

Caricature, The rough riders / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Print shows Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders into battle against the Spanish in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Caption: They are rough on the Spaniards, whether they ride or walk. Illus. from... More

Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson - the hero of "Merrimac"

Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Last sad rites over the heroes of the Maine

Funeral of crew of the battleship Maine. No. 12624. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp dentistry - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man seated while two others attempt tooth extraction. 50518 U.S. Copyright Office. No. XI5LI. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

U.S.S. Iowa, damage from Spanish fire in Battle of Santiago

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Diver in full dress on wrecked Battleship MAINE, Havana Harbor

Spanish-American War. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley; Keystone View Co. No. 9082. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Cuba. H-; Diving Suits; US H... More

U.S.S. Iowa, damage from Spanish fire in Battle of Santiago

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020453. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Attribution to Hart based on negative D428-807. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Iowa" [battleship at left] on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0806. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wreck of the "Maine." First day of the divers

Divers on wreckage of the Maine. 22250 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1451.

6-inch rapid fire guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "828" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021514. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ultimatum! McKinley gives Spain forty-eight hours to take or leave our...

Newspaper clipping reporting on President McKinley's ultimatum to Spain before the beginning of the Spanish-American War. In album: Album of clippings, chiefly American newspaper editorials, but including some... More

The sacrifice to a crumbling idol / Keppler.

Print shows a man labeled "Spanish War Party" wearing military uniform and holding a large knife is about to sacrifice the "Youth of Spain" to a huge monument labeled "False Pride" with a large sword labeled "C... More

Waiting for the verdict / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam standing on the left, leaning against a wall beneath a sign that states "What Killed Spain? Inquest Now Going On"; at center is the body of "Spain" lying on a stretcher and draped with the... More

Return of Santiago fleet, New York Harbor, Aug. 20, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Stone fort at El Caney, Cuba, after it was besieged and captured b...

Stone fort in ruins. 72488 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9407.

U.S.S. New York, burial at sea of seamen killed at San Juan

Attribution based on negative D4-20785. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020788. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More