Name/Title
Spanish-American War Card game playing card 13CEntry/Object ID
2010.1.1858Scope and Content
Playing card from a game consisting of a picture of the Spanish American War on the back and questions and answers on the front.
The back of this card has a picture of Rear Admiral Schley at the Battle of Santiago Bay.
The front of this card has a 13 in the upper left corner and a capital C in the upper right corner, in bold type. This card has the following questions and answers:
"State the American losses? What made the small American loss seem miraculous?
Answer: Because the Brooklyn was hit more than thirty times.
How must we regard the fight at Santiago Bay? What was the Spanish loss in the fight?"Collection
BechtelAcquisition
Accession
2010.1Source or Donor
Mr. BechtelAcquisition Method
Gift/PurchaseCredit Line
BECHTEL