Spanish-American War photographs collection [graphic], 1895-1932; bulk: 1898-1902.

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Spanish-American War photographs collection [graphic], 1895-1932; bulk: 1898-1902.

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Photographs, photomechanical prints, and lantern slides of the Spanish American War of 1898 and its aftermath, the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902, collected and taken by soldiers, sailors, and nurses who served during wartime. Most of the loose images depict battle scenes, battleships, military fortifications, and United States troops and their encampments in Cuba and the Philippines, as well as Army posts and military hospitals in the United States, among other subjects. These images include photographs of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment, among many other regiments. There are also a number of photographs of the countries in which the enlisted men served and traveled, including China, Cuba, Japan, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines,as well as their native peoples. Additionally, eleven photograph albums contain both professional and amateur photographs collected and taken by soldiers and sailors during wartime. Most notable are an album of photographs of United States soldiers in Cuba, taken in 1898 by John C. Hemment for William Hearst and presented to the U.S.S. Oregon in 1901 and two albums of photographs depicting the surrender of Juan Cailles in the Philippines in 1901. Other albums depict military scenes and landscapes in Cuba and the Philippines, military posts in the United States, and U.S. soldiers at home and abroad. Photographers represented ection include soldiers John Wells Gemmill, Emil Scherbler of LaGrand, Or., and Amos Patriquin; nurse Clara Chatfield Ott; and professional photographers Benjamin West Kilburn of Littleton, N. H., Benjamin Lloyd Singley, and the firms Strohmeyer & Wyman and Underwood & Underwood of New York, N.Y., among many others. Includes photographic postcards and panoramic photographs.

6.85 cubic feet (2,043 photographs, 424 photomechanical prints, and 94 lantern slides in 16 document boxes and 5 oversize boxes).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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