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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. Order a Copy

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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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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