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  • A yard of heroes

    A yard of heroes

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    Image of a portrait of 11 United States Navy officers from the Spanish-American War; left to right, Flag Lieutenant Thomas Mason Brumby, Captain Daniel B. Hodgson, Captain Frank Wildes, Captain Nehemiah Mayo Dyer (Deyer), Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, Commodore George Dewey, Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton, Commander Asa Walker, Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, Commander Edward Parker Wood, and Ensign Harry H. Caldwell; image of American flag draped in folds forms a border; sailors in military uniform at left and right in background.

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  • Military register. : Spanish American War 1898

    Military register. : Spanish American War 1898

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    Image of a blank military register for the Spanish-American War with elaborate frame made up of three vignettes and six portraits of United States military leaders, Including Admiral George Dewey, Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson, General William Rufus Shafter, General Fitzhugh Lee and General Nelson A. Miles; goddess Columbia with a large American flag and bald eagle with Union shield surrounded by soldiers top center; U.S.S. Maine with two other ships in bottom right corner; soldiers in formation near a military camp with horse-drawn cannons in bottom left corner.

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    Our Pride Brand

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    Image of a protected cruiser at sea with gun turrets, flags, anchors and two smokestacks; two other ships silhouetted behind.

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  • The battle of Manila

    The battle of Manila

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    Image of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898; American ships led by Rear Admiral George Dewey are shown firing on Spanish war ships; explosions and smoke partially obscure the view; bust-length portrait of Dewey in military uniform at bottom left.

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  • John L. Worden. Commanding the Montauk Capt. U.S. Navy

    John L. Worden. Commanding the Montauk Capt. U.S. Navy

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    Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Naval Captain John Lorimer Worden (later promoted to admiral) standing on a ship deck in military uniform holding a spyglass and pointing; soldiers in rowboat, military camp and fort in background.

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  • Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15th 1898, 9:40 P.M

    Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, February 15th 1898, 9:40 P.M

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    Image of the sinking of the United States battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, with bodies and debris exploding outward from a fiery blast and the coast of Havana visible in the background; vignettes across the top margin show the "location of the Maine -- Havana Harbor," portraits of "Admiral Sicard" and "Captain Sigsbee" framed by rope, and a scene with a team of sailors on a boat with pulleys "recovering the dead bodies."

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