President McKinley visiting Major Gen'l Wheeler in his tent, Camp Wikoff, Montauck Pt., N.Y. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of President McKinley visiting Major Gen'l Wheeler in his tent, Camp Wikoff, Montauck Pt., N.Y.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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President McKinley visiting Major Gen'l Wheeler in his tent, Camp Wikoff, Montauck Pt., N.Y.
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Few stereographs show a sitting president inside a military tent, and this one records William McKinley calling on Major General Joseph Wheeler at Camp Wikoff. The camp, at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, was set up in 1898 to quarter American troops returning from Cuba, many of them weakened by malaria, yellow fever and typhoid. Wheeler, a former Confederate cavalry officer who was commissioned a major general of volunteers for the war with Spain, was among the commanders there. The card was issued by the New York firm Strohmeyer & Wyman, whose stereo views of the period were popular with home viewers.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, U.S.--Camps; Pres.; B.I.; Geogr.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 780 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155972 |
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