Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Surrender of Spanish forces in Cuba to the United States, 11:30 a.m.
Call Number
D North 56/GC131/Box 15/Small/U.S. History/Miscellaneous GA 2009.01159
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5x21tt91p
Publisher
1899/01/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1899
Extent
1 item ; print 19.5 x 24.5 cm. sheet 20.2 x 25.2 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of R.L. Brooks, Princeton University Class of 1898.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Gelatin silver prints
Depiction: Bird's-eye view of American soldiers lined up along roads surrounding palace; time on clock tower is 11:30; no flag flies over palace.
Signed with stamp, verso: "Bennett Benson // Photographer // B. Co. 2nd Reg't U.S. Vol. Engineers".
Inscribed in ink on accompanying letter: 'Change of [illegible] Island of Cuba. January 1st 1899. Numbers are on back of pictures. The formal surrender of Cuba is to take place at noon New Years' Day 1899. Picture No. 1 shows front view of the Captain-General Palace. Clock in tower shows time as 11:30 am. The Spaniards are on the balcony watching. Soldiers from the 8th U.S. Infantry are extended at present arms before the palace and across Obispo street (on the left) down which are coming in carriages Major General Brooke and [illegible] with staff, to take possession.'

Discovery Information

Subject
Cuba—History, Military—19th century—In art
Spain—History, Military—19th century—In art
United States. Army—History—SpanishAmerican War, 1898—In art
Havana (Cuba)—History, Military—19th century—In art
Spanish-American War, 1898—Peace—In art
United States—History, Military—19th century—In art
Spain. Ejercito—History—19th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/319111bf-4ebb-4e19-b4b8-1df4fe74bae2/manifest