Caloocan, Philippine Islands: U.S. Infantry at mess - on the advance line – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Caloocan, Philippine Islands: U.S. Infantry at mess - on the advance line brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Caloocan, Philippine Islands: U.S. Infantry at mess - on the advance line
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A soldier's meal on the advance line near Caloocan, a town just north of Manila, sets this stereograph apart: the caption shows American infantry eating at mess in the field. The card dates to about 1899, during the Philippine-American War that followed the Spanish-American War, when U.S. troops pushed out from Manila against Filipino forces. Stereo cards like this were viewed through a stereoscope to give home audiences a three-dimensional look at distant campaigns. The caption details are unverified, and the scene predates the World War I and II material on this board.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo published by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 803 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152924 |
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