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Title: A horse chestnut / Dalrymple.
Creator(s): Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1898 June 29.
Summary: Print shows the 'U.S.S. Merrimac', a cargo ship, under fire as it passes between the fortifications at the Socapa Battery and Morro Castle at the entrance to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. Includes an American flag labeled with the names of the eight volunteer sailors, 'Hobson, Charette, Murphy, Deignan, Phillips, Kelly, Clausen, [and] Montague', intent on scuttling the ship to block the harbor and trap the Spanish fleet within.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption: The Trojan Horse Great Olympus! These Yankee exploits put me clear in the shade!
Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1112, (1898 June 29), cover.
Copyright stamps appear on upper right side of image.
Copyright 1898 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Hobson, Richmond Pearson,--1870-1937.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--American--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba Bay.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--Spanish--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba Bay.
Cargo ships--American--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba Bay--1890-1900.
Forts & fortifications--Spanish--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba Bay--1890-1900.
Trojan horse (Greek mythology)--1890-1900.
Ghosts--1890-1900.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900.
Chromolithographs--Color--1890-1900.
Magazine covers--1890-1900.
Periodical illustrations--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2012647576/
Bookmark:2012647576
Bookmark:2012647576
Size
Approximately 8x12 inches.
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