| Photos of Cuba: Spanish-American War Era (1898) |
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| These antique photographic images are of Cuba, Cubans, the Cuban landscape, and the U.S. military occupation of the country as a result of the Spanish-American War of 1898. The images come from the massive 1899 two-volume set Our Islands and Their People. The photographs are simply stunning and incredibly rare. |
![A squad of Havana volunteers, circa 1898. Type of the notorious military organization which, during the latter part of the Spanish regime, controlled and terrorized the city and suburbs of Havana. [Spanish-American War and Cuban Independence Movement.]](../photo_gallery/cuba64.jpg)
| A squad of Havana volunteers, circa 1898. Type of the notorious military organization which, during the latter part of the Spanish regime, controlled and terrorized the city and suburbs of Havana. [Spanish-American War and Cuban Independence Movement.] |
Click to enlarge.| SPANISH EARTHWORKS AND WIRE TROCHA: Showing the general character of fortifications that our soldiers stormed and captured at Santiago. |
Click to enlarge.| PEACE HATH HER VICTORIES: This photograph represents a scene that can now be duplicated in all the cultivated portions of Cuba, and is an indication of the marvelous era of prosperity that the Island and its people are entering upon. |
Click to enlarge.| SCENE OF THE BATTLE AT LA GUASIMAS: This photograph represents the present appearance at the junction of the roads where the hottest part of the fighting occurred. The grave of Hamilton Fish, killed at this point, is a short distance to the left. Our artist and his companions found the land crabs so numerous at this place that they could scarcely walk without stepping on them. They varied in size from two inches to two feet in length and exhibited all the changing colors of the rainbow. |
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