The 8th Ohio boys ready to leave Camp Alger for Cuba – Antique Wall Art
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: The 8th Ohio boys ready to leave Camp Alger for Cuba, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
The 8th Ohio boys ready to leave Camp Alger for Cuba
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
The 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry's departure from Camp Alger, a training camp in northern Virginia outside Washington, is what sets this stereograph apart from other views of the 1898 volunteer regiments. The camp was built that spring for state volunteers preparing for the Spanish-American War, and crowded camps like this one struggled with poor sanitation, and typhoid and other diseases spread among the troops. Many regiments trained there expecting to sail for Cuba, though the war ended in August 1898 before most of them went overseas. The card's caption and date are recorded from older notes, so the exact moment shown is not confirmed.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by J.F. Jarvis. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Militia--Ohio; US Hist.--War of 1898; Shelf. |
| 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-132901 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
