Pageant, Vets of Foreign Wars, scene in Santiago – Historic Photo Reproduction
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(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 Pageant, Vets of Foreign Wars, scene in Santiago 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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Pageant, Vets of Foreign Wars, scene in Santiago
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A pageant staged by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, with a scene set in Santiago, recalls the 1898 campaign in Cuba, where the Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive Spanish-American War engagement. The VFW grew out of veterans' groups formed around 1899, and its members often used public pageants and parades to honor comrades and keep overseas service in view. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio active in the early twentieth century, made large numbers of such glass negatives for commercial sale. Streaks and blemishes across the plate come from natural deterioration of its original coatings, and they now form part of the negative's physical history.
| Created / published | [ca. 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 7,170 × 5,497 px · prints to 24 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-258770 |
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