Spanish-American War and Rough Riders Troops in Cuba to the Philippines, 1898-1899 Spanish-American War, Photography Americana,Military,Photography

[Spanish-American War] [Cuba] [Philippines] Spanish-American War Stereoviews from Cuba to the Philippines and the infamous diverse troup of "Rough Riders". New York, London, Toronto, and Ottawa: Strohmeyer & Wyman; Underwood & Underwood, 1898-1899. Archive of 16 stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on publisher s beige card stock, each 3.5" x 7". A vivid stereoscopic record of America s 1898 imperial war in Cuba and the Philippines, this archive captures key moments of U.S. military mobilization, combat, and aftermath. During the Spanish American War of 1898, U.S. forces were deployed simultaneously to Cuba and the Philippines, marking the nation s first major overseas military campaign. The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Rough Riders, were a volunteer unit composed of cowboys, ranchers, Ivy League athletes, and Native and Hispanic recruits, whose daring actions in Cuba, especially the charge up San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, made them the most iconic fighting force of the war. Troops bound for Cuba assembled at Camp Tampa, Florida, where regiments such as the famed "Rough Riders" embarked for Santiago de Cuba to fight alongside Cuban rebels against Spanish colonial forces. Scenes include the "Hill charged and taken by the Rough Riders, San Juan, Cuba", a dramatized depiction of the famous charge that cemented Theodore Roosevelt s public image,and "Troop H, Captain Curry-'Rough Riders ," showing mounted soldiers and their horses in formation. Another stereoview, "U.S. Infantry on the March, near Camp Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.," documents pre-deployment training at one of the major staging areas for troops bound for Cuba. Following Spain s defeat in the Caribbean, the war expanded to the Pacific, where U.S. troops captured Manila in the Philippines, initiating both the fall of Spanish rule and the controversial beginning of American imperial occupation. Other images show the war s broader reach and aftermath: "Cubans in their Trenches-Awaiting the Spaniards-Pinar del Río, Cuba" depicts Cuban insurgents crouched with rifles in straw entrenchments; "Dock at Tampa on the Day of Sailing for Santiago de Cuba" shows massed U.S. troops preparing for embarkation. The collection also includes stark visual evidence of the war s destruction, such as "Near View of the Maine Wreck, showing tremendous force of the explosion, Havana Harbor," and the haunting "A Sacrifice to Aguinaldo s Ambition-Behind the Filipino Trenches after the Battle of Malabon, P.I.," a grim view of fallen Filipino soldiers following one of the earliest engagements of the Philippine American War. Additional images depict "U.S. Marines, Mare Island Navy Yard, California" in parade formation and "Heroic Washington Volunteers advancing across an open field-Filipino trenches in front," linking the Cuban and Philippine campaigns in America s first overseas war. Light toning and edge wear to mounts, images remain sharp and clean. Overall very good condition. A powerful visual survey of the Spanish American and Philippine American conflicts, combining patriotic propaganda with early photojournalistic realism, produced at the dawn of the United States emergence as a global imperial power.