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Title
San Roque, morning of February 9th, 1899, showing our outpost at left of causeway, and old Filipino block house at right
Date Created and/or Issued
[1899?]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Plates in: Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection : photographic album of California Heavy Artillery, with scenes in camp and views of the Philippines, v. 2, pg. 15, no. 73.
Shows frame buildings on either end of causeway, which ran between San Roque and Cavite. Clouds of smoke covers far end of causeway.
2009-2045.
In May of 1898, California created the First Battalion of California Heavy Artillery, United States Volunteers in answer to President's call for troops. Consisted of four batteries, A through D, batteries A and D were assigned to Philippine Islands Expeditionary Forces, remaining batteries served in U.S. Album documents experiences of Frank Freeman Atkinson, Sergeant in Battery D.
Mrs. Frank Atkinson;
Published in: Our islands and their people as seen with camera and pencil. St. Louis : N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., c1899. Vol. 2, pg. 633. Captioned: Burning of San Roque, February 9th, 1899.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001409486CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
United States. Army. California Heavy Artillery Regiment
Spanish-American War, 1898--Photographs
Fires--Philippines
War damage--Philippines
Causeways--Philippines
Buildings--Philippines
Philippines--Photographs
Photographic prints
Photograph albums
Place
Philippines

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