Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Departure of the California First Regiment U.S.V. on the steamship "City of Peking" for the Philippine Islands
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Group Creator Name:
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- Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
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Title:
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Departure of the California First Regiment U.S.V. on the steamship "City of Peking" for the Philippine Islands
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Date:
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c1898
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Materials:
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print on paper: photomechanical
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Dimensions:
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54.4 x 65.5 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0341--D
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Subject:
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- Military personnel
- Vessels
- Marines (Visual works)
- Photomechanical prints
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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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:
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Notes:
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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.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf2t1nb4ds
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