Hit him hard! President McKinley - Mosquitoes seem to be worse here in the Philippines than they were in Cuba" / Grant Hamilton." – Historic Print
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This antique lithograph of Hit him hard! President McKinley - Mosquitoes seem to be worse here in the Philippines than they were in Cuba" / Grant Hamilton." brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hit him hard! President McKinley - Mosquitoes seem to be worse here in the Philippines than they were in Cuba" / Grant Hamilton."
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In this cartoon, President William McKinley swats at mosquitoes under the caption "Hit him hard!", with a complaint that the pests are worse in the Philippines than they were in Cuba. The insurgents led by Emilio Aguinaldo are the target of the joke, which casts their resistance to American rule as a nuisance. The cover ran in Judge in February 1899, just after the Treaty of Paris transferred the islands to the United States and fighting broke out around Manila. The Cuba reference recalls the tropical diseases that had hit American troops during the Spanish-American War. Grant Hamilton drew it as a wry comment on the new colonial conflict.
| Created / published | New York : Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Ptg. Co., 1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Judge, 1899 Feb. 4, cover. Copyright by Arkell Publishing Company of New York. |
| Subjects | McKinley, William,--1843-1901. Aguinaldo, Emilio,--1869-1964. Philippines--History--Philippine American War,1899-1902. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219910 |
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