Travel photographs of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Tangiers, Ceylon, Aden and Singapore [graphic]. 1898-1902.

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Travel photographs of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Tangiers, Ceylon, Aden and Singapore [graphic]. 1898-1902.

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Album contains travel snapshots taken primarily in Puerto Rico (San Juan) and Cuba (Havana, Castillo del Morro, Matanzas, Santiago, Cienfuegos and Gibara). Other locations depicted include Morocco (Tangiers), Ceylon (i.e. Sri Lanka), Aden (i.e. South Yemen), and Singapore. Includes views of destruction left by Hurricane San Ciriaco in Puerto Rico; the inauguration of the first US-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, Charles Herbert Allen; and remnants of the sunken battleship USS Maine in the harbor of Havana.

1 album (202 photographic prints) : b&w ; 29 x 38 cm

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Castillo del Morro (Havana, Cuba)

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Allen, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1848-1934

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Maine (Battleship)

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USS Maine (BB/2C), an armored battle ship, was blown up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898. A court of inquiry was unable to obtain evidence regarding the cause of the ship's destruction. In August 1910, Congress authorized the raising of the ship. The hull was refloated and towed into the Gulf of Mexico where it was sunk with honors on March 16, 1912. From the description of Photographs and diary; 1910-1912. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46425385 ...