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The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry – Antique Print

The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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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A window into the past: The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Tabasco, the Mexican river city named in this view's title, was seized in June 1847 when Commodore Matthew C. Perry led a naval force up the Grijalva River from the Gulf of Mexico. The title describes the operation as carried out both afloat and on shore, reflecting how the squadron's ships and landing parties worked together during the Mexican-American War. The shelflist card gives no date and links the image to the firm Sarony & Major, though that attribution is unverified. Pictures of American campaigns like this one circulated widely in the 1840s and 1850s, as the public followed the war's battles from afar.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109194

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