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The Stone fort at El Caney, Cuba, after it was besieged and captured by U.S. troops – Vintage Wall Art

The Stone fort at El Caney, Cuba, after it was besieged and captured by U.S. troops, Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publisher, c1898. — historic photograph
The Stone fort at El Caney, Cuba, after it was besieged and captured by U.S. troops, Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publisher, c1898.. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(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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The stone fort at El Caney, on the eastern edge of Santiago de Cuba, was one of the first Spanish positions to fall in the Spanish-American War. U.S. infantry attacked the village on July 1, 1898, as part of the wider assault on Santiago, and the Spanish garrison there held out for much of the morning before withdrawing. This stereograph, issued by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, around 1898, shows the damage the fighting left behind, a reminder of how quickly a fortified position could be reduced to rubble in a single engagement.

Created / publishedMeadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, manufacturers and publisher, c1898.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
Notes72488 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9407.
SubjectsEl Caney, Battle of, El Caney, Cuba, 1898. Spanish-American War, 1898--Destruction & pillage--American--Cuba--El Caney. War damage--Cuba--El Caney--1890-1900. Forts & fortifications--Cuba--El Caney--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181494

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