Unknown "Colonel Roosevelt and Rough Riders on San Juan Hill "
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.52 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: San Juan Hill, Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.52 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: San Juan Hill, Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm.
Summary of Content: Shows large group of soldiers gathered around the American flag with Theodore Roosevelt at the center. Portion of typewritten description captured in photo: "…, at the top of the hill which they captured…[B]attle of San Juan. By William Dinwiddie. 1898." This is a modern black and white print. Library of Congress reproduction stamp on verso.
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People:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Historical Era: Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Subjects: Spanish American WarMilitary HistoryPresidentLatin and South AmericaCaribbeanGlobal History and CivicsForeign AffairsAmerican FlagBattleVice President
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