Halstead Collection

The Essex Agricultural Society's Show in the grounds at Sloe House, Halstead, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Essex Agricultural Society's Show in the grounds at Sloe House, Halstead, 1862. The show was a great success; and 4800 persons visited the implement field during the three days it was open

The Essex Agricultural Society's Show at Halstead: triumphal arch near the old church, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Essex Agricultural Society's Show at Halstead: triumphal arch near the old church, 1862. The show was a great success;

Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines, Spanish-American War, 1898. The battle, the first major engagement of the war, resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Pacific Squadron by the US Navys Asiatic

Murat Halstead, The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, from the American Editors series (N1) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887

Rough Riders stampeding a Spanish outpost, Cuba, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Rough Riders was the name given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry

Street fight in Santiago, Cuba, Spanish-American War, 1898. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898

Landing ammunition for the insurgents, under fire, Spanish-American War, Cuba, 1898. US Navy sailors bringing supplies of ammunition ashore for Cubans fighting for independence from Spain

A Spanish spy in camp, Spanish-American War, 1898. Scene showing a captured Spanish spy being brought before two US Army officers

USS New York, American armoured cruiser, 1898. Scene showing the ship capturing a Spanish blockade runner during the Spanish-American War

The Flying Squadron, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Flying Squadron was a US Navy force that operated in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean in the first part of the war

USS Porter, American torpedo boat, 1898. Commissioned in 1897, Porter saw action in the Spanish-American War, participating in blockade duites off the coast of Cuba

Charles H Grosvenor, American politician, 1898. Grosvenor (1833-1917) served as a brigadier-general in the Union Army during the American Civil War

Robert Roberts Hitt, American politician, 1898. Hitt (1834-1906) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the state of Illinois from 1882 until his death

The Last Stand, square of Spanish infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead

Cavalry charge by US regulars, Spanish-American War, 1898. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898

Thomas Brackett Reed, American politician, 1898. A Republican congressman from Maine, Reed twice served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1889-1891 and again from 1895-1899

Henry Clarke Corbin, US Army general, 1898. Corbin (1842-1909) served as Adjutant-General of the US Army from 1898 until 1904

Garret Hobart, American politician, 1898. Hobart (1844-1899) was the 24th Vice-President of the United States, serving under President William McKinley from 1897 until his death

USS Alabama, American battleship, 1898. An Illinois class pre-dreadnought battleship, Alabama was launched in 1898. She served with the US North Atlantic Fleet

Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters, 1898. Miles (1839-1925) served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars

Russell A Alger, US Secretary of War, 1898. Alger (1836-1907) served as Secretary of War in President McKinleys administration from 1897 until 1899, a period that included the Spanish-American War

USS Kearsarge, American battleship, 1898. The lead ship of her class, Kearsarge was launched in 1898. She served as flagship of the US North Atlantic Fleet

The Puritan at Matanzas, 1898. The US Navy monitor USS Puritan during the bombardment of the Cuban coastal city of Matanzas early in the Spanish-American War

The Olympia at Manila, 1898. The US Navy protected cruiser USS Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War

USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Artist: W Rau
USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Commissioned in 1895, the Indiana was the lead ship of a class of three pre-dreadnought battleships

The Oregons race for Cuba, 1898. As tensions grew between the United States and Spain after the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbour, Cuba

Murat Halstead, American journalist, editor and author, 1898. Halstead was a war correspondent during the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War and the Spanish-American War

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