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Spanish American War; Rough Riders; Philippines; CubaABAA

Spanish-American War Stereoviews Archive Documenting Rough Riders Cuba Manila and the Emergence of U.S. Overseas Empire 1898

1898rif. 231301898. Spanish-American War stereoview archive circa 1898-1899 documenting how the war was pictured through mass-produced photographic views that followed U.S. mobilization battlefield action occupation and military life across both Cuba and the Philippines. These stereoviews preserves the visual system by which the war was circulated to American audiences showcasing camp organization troop movement burial hospital care naval power and overseas deployment. Particularly notable is the archive's coverage of the Rough Riders the Santiago campaign in Cuba and U.S. presence in Manila and Malate showing how stereoview photography helped normalize the war's expansion from anti-Spanish conflict into a broader American imperial presence. Archive of 21 stereoviews Various publishers. Spanish-American War stereoview archive. Cuba the Philippines and the United States circa 1898-1899. each measuring 3" x 7". The views are drawn from multiple phases and theaters of the war including camp and drill scenes in the United States embarkation and troop arrivals at Tampa battlefield and occupation imagery from Cuba and extensive and some grisly scenes from Manila and surrounding areas in the Philippines. Captions and images show soldiers in formation cavalry drill military reviews naval artillery hospital interiors encampments burial grounds and troops in active position. Cuban views include Morro Castle after bombardment dead and wounded on the battlefield of Santiago U.S. soldiers preparing to invade Cuba and troops dining near Cabañas Fortress. Philippine views include a departure for Manila American pickets routing a Filipino reconnoitering party the 18th Infantry engaged by Filipino outposts volunteers awaiting orders under the tropical sun Army Hospital Manila and "Our Boys in Camp at Malate P.I." One stereoview identifies Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the mobilization phase linking the archive to one of the war's most publicly mythologized units. As a group the stereoviews demonstrate the process by which the Spanish-American War was framed not simply as a short military victory over Spain but as a sustained structure of U.S. troop deployment and occupation extending from Cuba into the Philippines. The Manila and Malate scenes are especially important in this regard since they place American soldiers within the opening phase of the Philippine conflict where U.S. military presence quickly moved beyond liberation rhetoric into imperial control. The archive's mixture of battlefield casualties camp routine naval spectacle and celebratory review scenes shows how stereoscopic publishing converted war into a domestic viewing experience while reinforcing the legitimacy of American expansion abroad. Wear to mounts some toning; overall very good condition. A strong cross-theater visual archive of the Spanish-American War and the emergence of U.S. imperial power in Cuba and the Philippines. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · Stati Uniti2250,00 USD≈ 2006,24 €

Spanish American War; Colonization of the PhilippinesABAA

Spanish-American War & American Imperialism: Admiral Dewey Military Victory Parade and U.S. Colonial Expansion into the Philippines 1899

1899rif. 237631899. American Imperialism and the Colonization of the Philippines: Admiral Dewey Spanish-American War Military Victory Celebration Parade and New Rochelle Life Photo Album 1899-1900. An important photographic record of the public celebration of American imperial expansion following the Spanish-American War highlighted by approximately 38 photographs of the September 30 1899 New York parade honoring Admiral George Dewey and the American victory at Manila Bay. The celebration occurred as the United States was imposing colonial rule over the Philippines and fighting Filipino forces seeking independence giving the photographs particular significance as a visual record of American overseas conquest presented at home through patriotic pageantry military power and mass public celebration. Photo album of approximately 153 photographs including approximately 117 silver gelatin prints and 36 albumen photographs most 3.5 x 2.5 inches New York principally 1899 and 1900. The photographs are held in gray window mounts in a string-bound album and can be removed as they are not adhered to the leaves; handwritten captions and dates occur throughout. Approximately 38 photographs document the military parade celebration showing ranks of West Point cadets mounted cavalry identified as "Troop A" and "Troop C" artillery and horse-drawn equipment military bands American flags and enormous crowds lining the parade route. The official procession included 350 West Point cadets sailors and Marines from Dewey's fleet regular Army troops New York National Guard regiments Spanish-American War veterans and Governor Theodore Roosevelt and his staff. One view is captioned "Only woman in parade" while another photograph depicts the first American flag "hoisted over Morro Castle at Santiago." Dewey's May 1 1898 destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay helped open the Philippines to American occupation and transformed him into a national symbol of the country's new overseas power. Spain subsequently ceded the Philippines to the United States while Filipinos who had fought for independence resisted American rule resulting in the Philippine-American War beginning in 1899. The New York celebration therefore documented more than Dewey's military homecoming: its flags troops artillery bands political leaders and immense crowds embodied the popular celebration of America's emergence as an imperial power at the very moment it was establishing colonial control over the Philippines. The remainder of the album documents New Rochelle and Long Island Sound life including boating hunting fishing families dogs horses carriages substantial houses residential construction and waterfront recreation. Identified subjects include the launch of "Kathleen" Horseshoe Harbor Glen Island the Columbia Library and the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Bound album with severely worn spine; photographs generally clean and in very good condition with occasional corner wear creasing and small tears. Overall in good condition. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · Stati Uniti1450,00 USD≈ 1292,91 €

American Deployment in the PhilippinesABAA

Spanish-American and Philippine-American War Archive of 11 U.S. Military Photographs Documenting Mobilization Camp Life and American Colonial Occupation circa 1898-1901

1898rif. 236541898. Spanish American and Philippine American war US military photographs circa 1898 to 1901 documenting the Spanish American War mobilization and the subsequent American occupation of the Philippines. A caption identifying "Co. B Pa. Vol. Mt. Gretna" places one image within Pennsylvania's 1898 volunteer encampment where state militia companies entered federal service during the Spanish American War. A separate inscription "Vigan Philippine Islands Christmas 1901" establishes an American military presence in northern Luzon during the Philippine American War. The photographs record how soldiers were assembled housed transported armed and sustained across stateside and overseas settings. Photo archive of 11 photographs seven silver gelatin and two sepia toned photographs most mounted to cardstock ranging from approximately 5 x 4 to 8 x 10 inches Pennsylvania the Philippine Islands and unidentified locations circa 1898 to 1901. A large company portrait before a conical tent is captioned "Co. B Pa. Vol. Mt. Gretna" among the assembled officers and enlisted men. Other photographs show soldiers standing in opposing ranks along a wooded camp street; five armed men before numbered canvas tents; a mounted officer amid trees and tentage; a long formation carrying an American flag beside railroad tracks telegraph poles freight cars and industrial buildings; and uniformed men posed near a railroad water tower. Two soldiers stand before an open tent crowded with trunks bedding shelving cookware and personal effects while another view records enlisted men seated on the steps of a raised tent furnished with cots. An interior scene shows three soldiers eating smoking pipes and preparing food around a carved table with rifles resting across their laps and beside their chairs. One mount is inscribed "Chas. W. Grammes 925 Maple St. Allentown Pa." while another bears the dated inscription "Vigan Philippine Islands Christmas 1901." Mount Gretna served as Pennsylvania's principal volunteer encampment during the 1898 mobilization but Pennsylvania regiments received different assignments after mustering into federal service. Some units remained stateside or served in Puerto Rico while the 10th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry deployed to the Philippines and later fought Filipino forces after the war with Spain had formally ended. Because the Mount Gretna caption omits a regiment number the company shown cannot be securely identified with Philippine service yet the image preserves the state level mobilization from which such overseas assignments were made. By late 1901 Vigan functioned as an American controlled provincial center in Ilocos Sur where military authority and the new colonial administration operated amid continuing resistance elsewhere in the archipelago. Light surface wear and silvering to several images; tonal variation edge wear and staining to some cardstock mounts. Overall good condition. A concentrated visual record of American military organization from Pennsylvania's 1898 volunteer camps to the daily realities of occupation service in the Philippines. unknown books