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Title
A field telegraph station
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

American History -- 1890s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899 - 1900
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1890s
Topics
Spanish-American War, 1898
United States -- 1890-1899
Campaigns & battles -- Philippines -- 1890-1899
Telegraph offices -- Philippines -- 1890-1899
Military leadership
Messengers
Genres
Photographs
Notes
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.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168689
Barcode: 33333159328042
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4f9b83b0-c533-012f-5ed1-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1899: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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/510d47e0-ffa7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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 12, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ffa7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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/510d47e0-ffa7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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A field telegraph station