Image of the city of Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave, Mexico, surrendering after being besieged by American forces during the Mexican-American War; Mexican officers are pictured offering a sword in surrender to United States General Winfield Scott and other U.S. officers on a grassy knoll; Mexican soldiers vacate the city while American flags are raised over the city of Veracruz in the background.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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Image of the United States Naval Battery during the bombardment of Veracruz, Mexico, in 1847 during the Mexican-American War; soldiers load and fire cannons behind a barricade towards the city, dead and wounded men and horses visible in the foreground; walled city of Veracruz visible past barricades; names of guns and officers printed in bottom margin.
Image of American soldiers landing on the shores of Veracruz, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War; troops gather on the shore with cannons near a large American flag on a flagpole as more men disembark from ships and are ferried to shore in row boats; city of Veracruz visible in the distance.
Image of Union General Ulysses S. Grant meeting with Confederate General Robert E. Lee under a tree accepting the surrender of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War; military officers stand nearby; forces from both armies and American flags along the hilly ground in the distance.
Bound in textured black material. The title "Vera Cruz I / 1914" is embossed in the center of the cover in gold lettering. The number "83" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of military officers and personnel, US Naval ships, San Juan de Ulau, and the city of Veracruz during the American Occupation. Also includes photographic postcards taken of casualties and destruction during the Mexican Revolution, some by well known photographers such as W. H. Horne and Walter P. Hadsel.
Image of the Battle of Fort Pillow in Henning, Tennessee, in 1864 during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers are depicted murdering African American soldiers and civilian men, women and children at the water's edge; soldiers, officers on horseback, and cannons on cliffs in background; Confederate and white surrender flags visible on hills.
Bound in textured black material. The title, "Vera Cruz II" is embossed in the center of cover in gold lettering. The number "84" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are of military officers and personnel, US Naval ships, and the city of Veracruz during the American Occupation of 1914. Also includes a series of photos taken of oil fields in Tampico; photographic postcards taken by well known photographers such as W. H. Horne and Walter P. Hadsell; series of photos of London taken by his friend and fellow correspondent Jimmie Hare.
