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(MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.) PHOTOGRAPHY.
Friendly
(possible family) get-together at an officer’s tent (supplied title).
Half-plate tin-
type, in a contemporary case (hinge repaired); some bends to the plate, with a couple of
minor scratches.
Np, circa 1890-1905
[1,500/2,500]
A RARE AND UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPH
of what seems to be some sort of summer visitors’ day in the
field. The assemblage is quite odd and includes a black soldier who is smoking a cigar. Seated next to
him is a young boy who is wearing the black soldier’s infantry cap. The black man in turn has the
boy’s hat on which is clearly too small. Seated to the right, is a well-dressed man wearing a spiked
white summer helmet. An altogether confusing image; we have speculated that this scene might have
been captured during field exercises prior to overseas deployment. The white helmet is very much like
those made for the New York National Guard during the period that would encompass the Spanish
American War.
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(MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.)
The Battle of Quasimas Near
Santiago. June 24th 1898. The 9th and 10th Colored Calvary in Support of
Rough Riders * Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of
Rough Riders at San Juan Hill. July 2nd, 1898.
2 chromolithograph prints, 19
3
/
4
x27
1
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2
inches; matted and framed; dampstain on second print.
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1899
[2,500/3,500]
Two powerful images from the Spanish-American War. The first shows the first land conflict of the
war, The Battle of Las Quasimas, led by Major General Joseph Wheeler a former Confederate officer,
a depiction of the 9th and 10th Cavalries (better known as the Buffalo Soldiers) and the Rough
Riders, or the 1st Volunteer Calvary advancing towards the Spanish troops bunkered down in trenches.
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