Key West, Dry Tortugas album [graphic]. 1899.

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Burgert Brothers,. Key West, Dry Tortugas album [graphic].

Key West, Dry Tortugas album [graphic]. 1899.

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Spanish-American War era photographs of Key West and Civil War Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas. Two portraits of the Commandant with his wife and brother, with note that the brother died from yellow fever. Several views of the fort's interior, including two images of old cannons. Two photographs on mats of Key West by the Burgert Brothers: one of cattle and one of a group of 25 government employees, with notation that "all but 11 died. Yellow fever, 1899."

1 album (14 photoprints) ; 14 x 18 cm.

William L. Clements Library