The first shot of the Spanish-American War : U.S. Gunboat "Nashville" capturing the Spanish steamship "Buena Ventura", April 22, 1898

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Description: Artists: Skinner, Thomas C. Publishers: Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.)
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1950
Call number: priJHK 00838
Creator: Kemble, John Haskell (1912-1990)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Haskell Kemble,; Gift of Elizabeth Paine.; Purchased from Vigilante Rare Books.
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The first shot of the Spanish-American War : U.S. Gunboat "Nashville" capturing the Spanish steamship "Buena Ventura", April 22, 1898

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