Views of Santiago photograph album, ca. 1899

Summary

Creator:

Smith, C. A.

Abstract:

The Views of Santiago photograph album contains 59 views of Santiago de Cuba taken by professional photographer C. A. Smith including images of hospitals, landmarks, and streets as well as United States military encampments.

Extent:

59 photographs in 1 album

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, May 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

The Views of Santiago photograph album contains 59 views of Santiago de Cuba taken by professional photographer C. A. Smith including images of hospitals, landmarks, and streets as well as United States military encampments.

The album (27 x 35 cm) has lost its original cover. The first several pages of the album primarily contain images of the General Hospital and its staff while many subsequent images are of Morro Castle and other battlements, the Palace, the main marketplace, and La Alameda. Also present are images of United States military camps and headquarters as well as a photograph of the Peace Tree/Santiago Surrender Tree.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, February 2008. F-905 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Castles & palaces--Cuba--1890-1900.
Cathedrals--Cuba--1890-1900.
Hospitals--Cuba--1890-1900.
Military facilities--American--Cuba--1890-1900.
Travel--Cuba--1890-1900.
Spanish-American War, 1898.

Formats:

Gelatin silver prints.
Landscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Snapshots.

Places:

Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)