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Spanish-American War photographs collection, 1895-1932

Overview of the Collection

Title
Spanish-American War photographs collection
Dates
1895-1932 (inclusive)
1898-1901 (bulk)
Quantity
6.85 cubic feet, (2,043 photographs, 424 photomechanical prints, and 94 lantern slides in 16 document boxes and 5 oversize boxes)
Collection Number
Org. Lot 254
Summary
This collection contains photographs taken and collected by United States soldiers, sailors, and nurses during the Spanish-American War in 1898 and during its aftermath, the Philippine-American War in 1899-1903. Photographic prints, photograph albums, photomechanical prints, lantern slides, and stereographs depict battle scenes, military posts at home and abroad, portraits of enlisted men, and views of the countries in which the soldiers traveled and fought.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Spanish-American War took place between the United States and Spain from April to August of 1898. On 1898 February 15, an American battleship, the U.S.S. Maine, exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, killing over 250 men. Though the cause of the explosion was unknown, many blamed Spain, who controlled the Cuban waters. At the same time, Cuban revolutionaries lobbied the U.S. Congress to intervene in their attempts to gain independence from Spain. Finally, the United States declared war on Spain in April, citing Spain's inability to guarantee peace and stability in its colony. Troops were sent to Cuba, as well as to the Spanish colonies of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam in May of 1898. After some months, Spanish forces were incapcitated, and on 1898 August 12, a cease-fire was agreed upon by both sides. The Treaty of Paris officially ended the conflict in December (though it was not ratified by the U.S. government until February 1899), giving the United States control over Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. The United States also guided the process of independence for Cuba, which was achieved in 1902.

In August of 1898, the United States sent troops to occupy the Philippines. Philippinos resisted American occupation of their country, as they had declared independence from Spain in June of that year and had originally considered the United States an ally in their fight for self-government. Warfare broke out between the Americans and the Filipinos, and the Philippine-American War, as it was called, lasted from 1899 to 1902. Sporadic fighting continued between the two sides until 1913.

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Content Description

This collection contains 21 boxes of photographs relating to the Spanish-American War of 1898 and its aftermath, the Philippine-American War of 1899-1902. Though the bulk of the images date from this time period, there are also photographs in this collection from as early as 1895 and as late as 1932. These photographs were taken and collected by American soldiers, sailors, and nurses who served during wartime.

Loose images depict military scenes at home and abroad. Subjects include land and sea battles, military fortifications, naval ships, and United States regiments (including the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment) and encampments in Cuba and the Philippines, as well Army posts and military hospitals in the United States. These include a series of photographs taken or collected by John Wells Gemmill, depicting Company K of the 2nd United States Infantry Regiment in Cuba during the war. There are also portraits of enlisted American soldiers and sailors, veterans, and some doctors and nurses who served during wartime. Other loose photographs depict views of the countries and towns abroad in which the soldiers served and traveled, including China, Cuba, Japan, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, as well as their native peoples.

11 photograph albums contain images taken by professional photographers, as well as collected and taken by soldiers and sailors who served during the war from 1898-1903. 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; two albums depicting the surrender of Philippino military leader Juan Cailles in 1901; and one album of photos taken by an unidentified sailor serving on the U.S.S. Monterey from 1902-1903. 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.

Other photographers include Spanish-American war nurse Clara Chatfield Ott; soldiers Emil Scherbler, Amos Patriquin, and Edward McConnell; and stereoview photographers John F. Jarvis (Washington, D.C.), Benjamin West Kilburn (Littleton, N. H.), Benjamin Lloyd Singley, Strohmeyer & Wyman (New York, N.Y.), and Underwood & Underwood (New York, N.Y.), among many other photographers. Also note that many of the photographs in this collection are identified with donor names and museum numbers from the U.S.S. Oregon Museum. The museum donated the bulk of this collection to the Oregon Historical Society.

This collection includes photographic prints, panormic photographs, photographic postcards, photomechanical prints, stereographs, and glass lantern slides.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.

Preferred Citation

Spanish-American War Photographs Collection, Org. Lot 254, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series A. Military scenes, 1895-1903
  • Series B. Military portraits, 1898-1906
  • Series C. John Wells Gemmill photographs, 1898-1926
  • Series D. Photographs of countries of service, 1898-1903
  • Series E. Other Spanish-American War photographs, 1898-1932
  • Series F. Photomechanical prints, circa 1898-1899
  • Series G. Photograph albums, 1898-1903
  • Series H. Lantern slides, undated
  • Series I. Stereographs, 1896-1900
  • Series J. Background material, circa 1898-1900 and undated

Acquisition Information

Many of the photographs in this collection were a gift to the Oregon Historical Society from the U.S.S. Oregon Museum (Photo accession no. 000D069/Library accession no. 8992). The collection also contains the following accessions: Photo accession nos. 977D028 and 984D095 and Library accession nos. 1555, 2219, and 10031.

Related Materials

The Oregon Historical Society Research Library also contains the following manuscript and photograph collections that are related to the Spanish-American War:

  • C. H. Martin photographs collection, Org. Lot 12.
  • James McIntosh Wood photographs collection, Org. Lot 110.
  • Willis Arthur Platt diary, Mss 376.
  • M. A. Davenport logbook, Mss 6012.
  • Battleship Oregon collection, Mss 1399. Click here to access the guide to this collection.
  • Grubb family papers, Mss 2985.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903

    446 items.

    Arranged alphabetically by geographic location.

    This series contains photographs of military scenes in Cuba, the Philippines, and the United States during and before the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War, 1895-1903. Subjects include Cuban, Philippino, and American soldiers and sailors, ships, and fortifications and encampments, as well as battle scenes and prisoners of war. Many of the photographs have the name of the collector or photographer inscribed or pasted onto the back of the image.

    • Description: Cuba -- Cuban soldiers
      Dates: 1899, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Cuba -- United States ships

      Includes photograph of the U.S.S. Newport.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1a, 20/1
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Cuba -- United States soldiers

      Includes photographs owned by Nellie Snyder Wilder, a nurse in Havana, Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

      Dates: 1898-1900, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Battle scenes
      Dates: 1898-1900
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Battle scenes
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4-1/5
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Cremation of cholera victims
      Taken by J. V. Lafferty (Nueva Cáceres, P. I.)
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Arsenals
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Block houses
      Dates: 1899, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Capuchin convent
      Includes photographs taken by Pierce (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Fotografia Española.
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Cavite
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Fort Malate
      Includes photographs taken by J. Reyes (Manila, Philippines)
      Dates: 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Fort Malate
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Fort San Antonio
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Fort San Felipe
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Fort Santiago
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Sangley Point
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Other
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Fortifications -- Other
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8-2/9
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Insurgents
      Includes photographs taken by Lt. C. A. King and Pierce (Los Angeles, Calif.).
      Dates: 1898-1900, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Insurgents -- Dead
      Dates: 1899-1900, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11-2/12
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Insurgents -- Prisoners
      Dates: 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Insurgents -- Trenches and barracks
      Dates: 1899, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- Spanish soldiers
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3-3/4
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States sailors
      Includes photographs taken by C. P. Shewey.

      Includes photographs of the crew of the U.S.S. Oregon and the U.S.S. Lancaster.

      Dates: 1901-1903; undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment

      Includes photographs of the regiment in camp at the Irvington Race Track in Portland, Or. in 1898 and returning from the Philippines to San Francisco, Calif. in July 1899. Contains photographs belonging to Harry L. Wells, captain of Co. F, and taken by Frank Woodruff, among others.

      Dates: 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6-3/7
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      Includes photographs taken by Ed Spurling.
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- Other regiments, identified
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- Unidentified regiments
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1-4/3a, 20/2
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- Encampments

      Includes photographs of officers' headquarters in Manila.

      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States soldiers -- Pets
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4a
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States and Spanish war ships
      Dates: 1898-1900
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Philippines -- United States and Spanish war ships
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: United States -- Army posts -- California
      Includes photographs taken by Hodson (San Francisco, Calif.).

      Includes photographs of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in camp at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.

      Dates: 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: United States -- Army posts -- Florida
      Includes photographs taken by Julia B. Hildebrand and Clara Holmes Sonnenberg.

      Includes photographs of the 3rd U.S. Artillery at St. Augustine, Fla. and the 49th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Fla.

      Dates: 1895-circa 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: United States -- Army posts -- Washington -- Fort Vancouver

      Includes photographs of the 2nd Washington Volunteer Infantry Regiment stationed at the Vancouver Barracks.

      Dates: circa 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: United States -- Army posts -- Unidentified location(s)

      Includes photographs of "Camp Dewey," which may have been in South Framingham, Mass. or in Columbia, S.C.

      Dates: circa 1898-1899; undated
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4, 20/3
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: United States -- Military hospitals

      Includes views of hospitals and medical staff at Fort McPherson, Ga.; Fort Meade, S.D.; Fort Thomas, Ky.; Josiah Simpson General Hospital at Fortress Monroe, Va.; Post Hospital at Angel Island, Calif.; and Letterman General Hospital at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.

      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5, 20/4
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Unidentified locations -- United States military encampments
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903
    • Description: Unidentified locations -- United States military funeral
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
      Location: Series A: Military scenes, 1895-1903

  • Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906

    123 items.

    Arranged by branch of the military.

    This series contains both identified and unidentified portraits of officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy, as well as doctors and nurses who served during the Spanish-American War. Includes members of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as well as other state and national regiments. There are also photographs of veterans, including nurses who had served during the war.

    • Description: United States Army -- Solo -- Identified, B-J

      Includes members of the 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 2nd United States Volunteer Cavalry, 3rd United States Volunteer Cavalry, and 2nd United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, among others.

      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Solo -- Identified, K-T

      Includes members of the 2nd United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, among others.

      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Solo -- 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
      Dates: 1891-circa 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Solo -- Unidentified
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Groups -- Identified by individual name
      Dates: circa 1898-1902
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Groups -- Identified by regiment

      Includes photographs of members of the 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 2nd Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 2nd United States Volunteer Cavalry, 6th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 14th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 18th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and 36th United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6, 20/5-20/6
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Army -- Groups -- Unidentified
      Dates: circa 1898-1899
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7, 20/7
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Navy -- Solo

      Includes portraits of sailors from the U.S.S. Oregon.

      Dates: circa 1898-1903
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Navy -- Groups on ships
      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 20/8
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: United States Navy -- Groups on shore
      Dates: circa 1898-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: Doctors and nurses

      Includes photos taken at Fort Meade, S.D.; Josiah Simpson General Hospital at Fortress Monore, Va.; Camp Hamilton in Lexington, Ky.; Fort Thomas, Ky.; and Letterman General Hospital at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.

      Dates: circa 1898-1900
      Container: Box/Folder 6/10, 20/9
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906
    • Description: Veterans

      Includes photographs of veteran nurses who served during the Spanish-American War.

      Dates: 1927; 1928; undated
      Container: Box/Folder 6/11, 21/1
      Location: Series B: Military portraits, 1898-1906

  • Series C: John Wells Gemmill photographs, 1898-1926

    180 items.

    Arranged alphabetically by geographic location.

    This series contains photographs taken or collected by John Wells Gemmill, who may have served during the Spanish-American War; it is also possible these photographs were taken by soldier Emil Scherbler of LaGrand, Or. and later collected by Gemmill. The photos date from 1898-1926 and depict Company K of the 2nd United States Infantry Regiment in Cuba, as well as various sights and locations in Cuba, the Philippines, and the United States.

  • Series D: Photographs of countries of service, 1898-1903

    369 items.

    Arranged alphabetically by name of country.

    This series contains photographs collected and taken by servicemen and war nurses during their service abroad during and after the Spanish-American War. Subjects include the countries and towns in which they were stationed and in which they traveled, as well as the native peoples of each country. Includes both amateur photographs and photos taken and sold by commercial studios..

  • Series E: Other Spanish-American War photographs, 1898-1932

    33 items.

    This series contains other photographs of the Spanish-American War that are not military scenes or portraits. Subjects include the wreck of the U.S.S. Maine in Cuba and other photographs of U.S. battleships; Spanish-American War monuments and memorials; William Howard Taft's visit to Manila in 1900; and unidentified portraits collected by Spanish-American War nurse Clara Chatfield Ott.

  • Series F: Photomechanical prints, circa 1898-1900

    424 items.

    This series contains photomechanical prints of photographs that were taken during the Spanish-American War. They depict portraits of officers and soldiers involved with the war, as well as views of countries affected by the war and military and battle scenes. The original photographers are unknown, in most cases.

  • Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903

    811 items in 11 albums.

    Arranged chronologically.

    This series contains albums of photographs from the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the Philippine-American War of 1899-1903. Some of these albums were put together by professional photographers, while others were taken and assembled by soldiers on the front. Subjects include various locations and military scenes in Cuba and the Philippines, as well as of American soldiers and army posts in the United States.

    • Description: Album 254-1: John C. Hemment photograph album
      89 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 219. Contains photographs taken by John C. Hemment of New York, N.Y. depicting United States soldiers in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The photographs were copyrighted by William Randolph Hearst. An inscription on the inside of the album reads: "Album presented to the U.S. Battleship Oregon, 1st [unintelligible], June 22, 1901, at San Francisco, California, by Mr. William R. Hearst, the Editor and Proprietor of the San Francisco 'Examiner' - Chas. M. Thomas, Captain, U.S.N. Commanding - ."

      See also 21/1, a photograph of a United States battleship in Cuba that was taken in 1898 by John C. Hemment.

      Dates: 1898
      Container: Box 17
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-2: Philippines photograph album
      29 photographs.

      Contains photographs of various places and military scenes in the Philippines, circa 1898. The photographer is unidentified.

      Dates: circa 1898
      Container: Box/Folder 15/1
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-3: Spanish-American War photograph album
      109 photographs.

      Disbound album pages containing photographs that depict military scenes and views in the Philippines, including the surrender of Juan Cailles on 1901 June 24, as well as portraits of soldiers. There are also small portraits at the end of the album pages that depict many unidentified people.

      Dates: circa 1898-1901
      Container: Box/Folder 15/2
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-4: Emil Scherbler photograph album
      17 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 723.

      Contains photographs taken by Emil Scherbler of LaGrand, Or., who served with Company K of the 2nd United States Infantry Regiment. Subjects include members of Company K; views of and military scenes in Cuba and the Philippines; and views of San Francisco and redwoods near Eureka, Calif. Some of these photographs were possibly taken or collected by John Wells Gemmill.

      Dates: 1898-1902
      Container: Box/Folder 14/1
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-5: Amos Patriquin photograph album
      79 photographs and 4 photomechanical prints.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 173.

      Contains photographs of and possibly taken by Amos Patriquin (d. 1909), member of the 1st South Dakota Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War. Subjects include views of Camp Merritt in San Francisco, Calif., military scenes in the Philippines, and views of various places in Japan, as well photographs taken at Wounded Knee, S. Dakota. There are also photographs taken by W. B. Tyler. Some of the images are hand-colored.

      Dates: 1898-1906
      Container: Box 16
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-6: Spanish-American War photograph album
      58 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 724. Disbound album containing snapshots taken military and naval scenes, possibly in the Philippines. The photographer is unknown.

      Dates: circa 1899
      Container: Box/Folder 15/3
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-7: Spanish-American War photograph album
      156 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 720. Contains photographs of the 3rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 71st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 5th Army Corps, 1st United States Infantry Regiment, and Company I, 7th United States Cavalry Regiment stationed in the various places in the United States (including Port Tampa City, Fla., Chicamauga Park, Ga., and Ferdinanda, Fla.), Cuba, and the Philippines. Includes photographs of Evacuation Day in Havana, Cuba on 1899 January 1. The photographs may have been taken by William H. Powell of Portland, Or.

      Dates: circa 1899-1900
      Container: Box 18
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-8: Edward McConnell photograph album
      164 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 307.

      Contains black-and-white and hand-colored photographs purchased and photographed by Edward McConnell, a soldier with Battery K of the 3rd United States Artillery Company, circa 1900. Subjects include various views of towns and people in the Philippines, as well as United States soldiers.

      Dates: circa 1900
      Container: Box 16
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-9: W. C. R. Browning photograph album, "Cuban Views"
      19 photographs and 22 photomechanical prints.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 722.

      Contains photographs and photomechanical prints of various places and military scenes in Cuba from 1900-1906, as well as Christmas cards sent by Browning from Cuba that are decorated with bird feathers. Includes photographs taken of and on the wreck of the U.S.S. Maine. Also includes loose photographs and clipping.

      Dates: 1900-1906
      Container: Box/Folder 14/2
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-10: James T. Beach photograph album, "The Surrender of Cailles"
      6 photographs.

      Formerly cataloged as Album 721.

      Contains photographs depicting the surrender of Juan Cailles, Philippino military leader, to the United States military at Santa Cruz on 1901 June 24. The album was owned by James T. Beach of Company M of the 14th [United States?] Infantry Regiment, and the photographer is unknown.

      Dates: 1901 June 24
      Container: Box/Folder 14/3
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903
    • Description: Album 254-11: U.S.S. Monterey photograph album
      59 photographs.

      Contains snapshot photographs taken by an unidentified sailor on board the U.S.S. Monterey from 1902-1903. Subjects include other United States battleships; sailors; and various views of China and its people. Includes loose photographs.

      Dates: 1902-1903
      Container: Box/Folder 14/4
      Location: Series G: Photograph albums, 1898-1903

  • Series H: Lantern slides, undated

    81 items.

    Arranged alphabetically by subject and then by geographic location.

    This series contains glass lantern slides of scenes from the Spanish-American War, depicting ships, soldiers and sailors, and various places of service. Many of these slides are photographic copies of illustrations, and some are colored. Most of the photographers are unknown.

  • Series I: Stereographs, 1896-1900

    92 stereographs.

    Arranged alphabetically by subject and then by geographic location.

    This series contains stereographic scenes of the Spanish-American War. Includes stereographs taken by John F. Jarvis (Washington, D.C.), A. Loeffler, Benjamin West Kilburn (Littleton, N. H.), Benjamin Lloyd Singley, Strohmeyer & Wyman (New York, N.Y.), and Underwood & Underwood (New York, N.Y.).

  • Series J: Background material, circa 1898-1900, undated

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Subject Terms

  • Battleships--Photographs.
  • Military nursing--Photographs.
  • Military bases--United States--Photographs.
  • Military hospitals, American--Photographs.
  • Sailors--United States--Photographs.
  • Soldiers--Oregon--Photographs.
  • Soldiers--United States--Photographs.
  • Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba--Photographs.
  • Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Philippines--Photographs.
  • Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--Photographs.
  • Spanish-American War, 1898--Photographs.
  • Women photographers.

Corporate Names

  • Oregon (Battleship)--Photographs.

Geographical Names

  • China--Photographs.
  • Cuba--Photographs.
  • Japan--Photographs.
  • Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902--Photographs.
  • Philippines--Photographs.
  • Puerto Rico--Photographs.

Form or Genre Terms

  • Lantern slides.
  • Panoramic photographs.
  • Photographic postcards.
  • Photomechanical prints.
  • Stereographs.

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Gemmill, John Wells. (photographer)
    • Hemment, John C. (photographer)
    • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909. (photographer)
    • Ott, Clara Chatfield. (photographer)
    • Patriquin, Amos, d. 1909. (photographer)
    • Scherbler, Emil. (photographer)
    • Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd), b. 1864. (photographer)

    Corporate Names

    • Strohmeyer & Wyman. (photographers)
    • Underwood & Underwood. (photographers)

Finding aid prepared by Megan K. Friedel, December 2006
2006

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