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The Battle of San Juan Hill [by] Richard Harding Davis ... October Scribner's / Christy. – Historic Reproduction

The Battle of San Juan Hill [by] Richard Harding Davis ... October Scribner's / Christy., [18]98. — vintage poster
The Battle of San Juan Hill [by] Richard Harding Davis ... October Scribner's / Christy., [18]98.. Vintage poster 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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Step back in time with The Battle of San Juan Hill [by] Richard Harding Davis ... October Scribner's / Christy., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This color poster advertises the October 1898 issue of *Scribner's Magazine*, promoting Richard Harding Davis's account of the battle of San Juan Hill, with artwork signed by Christy. The fighting took place on July 1, 1898, near Santiago de Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, when U.S. infantry and cavalry, including Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, assaulted Spanish positions on the hills outside the city. Davis, one of the most widely read correspondents of the day, was on the scene, and his reporting helped shape how Americans came to see the war and its heroes. The poster shows how magazines used dramatic battle imagery to sell issues at the height of public interest in Cuba.

Created / published[18]98.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreAdvertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. D42. 1898.
SubjectsSan Juan Hill, Battle of, Cuba, 1898. Periodicals--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,305 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-213410

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