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Title: Battle of Palo Alto
Contributor: Kellogg, Elijah Chapman, 1811-1881
Kellogg, Edmund Burke, 1809-?
Needham, D
Date Created and/or Issued: 1846
Publication Information: New York : E. B. & E. C. Kellogg ; Buffalo : D. Needham
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 1998-0192.
View of American and Mexican soldiers on battlefield at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846; Mexican flag at right.
Descriptive caption: "Battle of Palo Alto. May 8th 1846, between 2900 Americans, under Gen. Taylor, and 6000 Mexicans, commanded by Gen. Arista. The Mexicans were driven from the ground with great loss. It is remarkable for being the first battle of the war."
Type: image
Format: Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 print : lithograph, hand-col. ; image 8 x 12 1/4 in. on 10 x 14 in. sheet.
Identifier: (C)001377142CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-0355
Language: English
Subject: Mexican War, 1846-1848--Pictorial works
Campaigns & battles
Prints
Lithographs

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