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Title: A yard of heroes
Alternative Title: Truth (New York, N.Y. : 1881)
Creator: American Lithographic Co., printer
Truth Co., publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1898
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a portrait of 11 United States Navy officers from the Spanish-American War; left to right, Flag Lieutenant Thomas Mason Brumby, Captain Daniel B. Hodgson, Captain Frank Wildes, Captain Nehemiah Mayo Dyer (Deyer), Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, Commodore George Dewey, Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton, Commander Asa Walker, Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, Commander Edward Parker Wood, and Ensign Harry H. Caldwell; image of American flag draped in folds forms a border; sailors in military uniform at left and right in background.
"American Lithographic [Company], New York. Copyright 1898 by Truth Co."--text, bottom left margin. "... with Truth No. 587, July 20, 1898. Next week, "Roosevelt's Rough Riders," showing Lieut. Col. Roosevelt and his gallant troop."--text, top left margin. "Brumby Hodgson Wildes Deyer Gridley Dewey Lamberton Walker Coghlan Wood Caldwell"--text, bottom margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 28.58 x 88.27 cm (11 1/4 x 34 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_001302
401038
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4163
Language: English
Subject: Admirals--United States--Pictorial works
Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Pictorial works
Gridley, Charles Vernon, 1844-1898--Pictorial works
Sailors--Pictorial works
Spanish-American War, 1898
Walker, Asa, 1845-1916--Pictorial works
Wildes, Frank, 1843-1903--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
Other Military
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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