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New York Herald "Spanish officers being converged under a flag of truce to the exchange of Holson and his men."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.54 Author/Creator: New York Herald Place Written: San Juan, Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 16.7 cm. Order a Copy

Title from inscription on verso. Rear view of mounted officers on dirt path with additional soldiers observing from hill overlooking path.

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