Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Title:
Departure of the California First Regiment U.S.V. on the steamship "City of Peking" for the Philippine Islands
Date:
c1898
Materials:
print on paper: photomechanical
Dimensions:
54.4 x 65.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0341--D
Subject:
- Military personnel
- Vessels
- Marines (Visual works)
- Photomechanical prints
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Port-side view of four-masted iron ship "City of Peking" with two smokestacks in center; US flags fly from masts; Decks crowded with soldiers of First Regiment California US Volunteer infantry en route to campaign in the Philippine Islands.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): May 25, 1898/the first US troops that left their country to do battle on a foreign soil; (LR): Copyrighted by Britton & Rey, 1898. View based on photographic print.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf2t1nb4d s

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