SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETERAN CABINET PHOTO-ID'D by HARRY SHEPHERD ST. PAUL, MINN

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***HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT***
IDENTIFIED
SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
VETERAN'S
CABINET PHOTO
w/ HANDWRITTEN NOTATION & PATRIOTIC DOODLE!
IMAGE
by
IMPORTANT, EARLY
BLACK PHOTOGRAPHER
HARRY SHEPHERD
of
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
APPROX. 5 1/8" X 7 1/4"
STUDIO PORTRAIT GENTLEMAN WEARING SWORD TIE TACK
UPON THE VERSO
PRESUMAMBLY IN HIS HAND IS WRITTEN IN PEN:
"FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE 'BUT REMEMBER THE MAINE'
FEB15-9:45 PM 1898
HAVANNA HARBOR
D.H. WHITNEY
H.?. '98
SARGENT Co. H, 1st REG VOL MINN
WENT INTO CAMP 'RAMSEY'
STATE FAIR GROUNDS ST. PAUL MINN APR 29
WAR DECLARED TO EXIST BY CONGRESS
APR. 23-1898.
COMMODORE DEWEY WINS A ?
VICTORY AT MANILLA SUNDAY MAY 1st.,
SPANISH SQUADRON OBLITERATED BY ASIATIC U.S. SQUADRON"
+ A DOODLE OF THE TWO COMBATANTS FLAGS!
THERE IS ALSO A PASTED DOWN, TYPED SLIP;
'DIARY OF THE WAR'
PHOTOGRAPHER'S SILVER STAMP ON OBVERSE LOWER LEFT CORNER;
"SHEPHERD
PHOTO.
ST. PAUL."
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