Content: Printed on border: "The office is located in the porch of a native house, and shows the appearance of a field telegraph station during the progress of a battle. The orderly who is waiting for the message avails himself of the opportunity to lunch on a cracker."
Source Note: Our islands and their people as seen with camera and pencil. (New York : N. D. Thompson, 1899-1900) De Olivares, José (b.1867), Author.

Physical Description

Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 15 x 19 cm. (6 x 7 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168689
Barcode: 33333159328042
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4f9b83b0-c533-012f-5ed1-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1899

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A field telegraph station" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899 - 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f9b83b0-c533-012f-5ed1-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899 - 1900). A field telegraph station Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f9b83b0-c533-012f-5ed1-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A field telegraph station" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f9b83b0-c533-012f-5ed1-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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