Stereographs

Object/Artifact

West Chicago City Museum

a- "The Transports - Newport News - Carrying Gen'l Brooke's Army to Porto Rico"

Name/Title

Stereographs

Entry/Object ID

1978.009.0013a-h

Description

Stereoscope cards (Stereographs), Black and white, produced by J. F. Jarvis, and sold by Underwood & Underwood, c. 1898. Cards are grouped by location / topic. They show military scene a- "The Transports - Newport News - Carrying Gen'l Brooke's Army to Porto Rico" b - "5th Illinois Volunteers, Newport News, Va." c - "The 8th Ohio ("The President's Own") Camp Alger, VA USA" d - "Squad Rally! 16th Penna. Volunteers - Porto Rican Army" e - "Charge Bayonets! 1st Kentucky Volunteers - Porto Rican Army" f - "Fix Bayonets! 1st Kentucky Volunteers - Porto Rican Army" g - Plain American Citizens Yesterday - The Nation's Soldiers Today - Always ready for a foe." h - "the Christening - Launching the great battleship "Illinois" Newport News"

Use

View through stereoscope to make a 3D Image

Made/Created

Date made

1898

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Stereograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

7" x 3.5"

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

United States Army

Related Places

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

State/Province

Virginia

Related Events

Event

Spanish American War

Research Notes

Research Type

Registrar

Person

Putzier, Jennifer

Date

Aug 10, 2023

Notes

http://www.fortwiki.com/5th_Illinois_Volunteer_Infantry 5th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (1898-1898) - Organized and mustered into the service of the United States at Springfield May 4 to 9 with 50 officers and 974 enlisted men. Assignments: Assigned to First Brigade, First Division, First Army Corps, May 16 Transferred to First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps Movements: Left Springfield May 14; arrived at Chickamauga, Ga., May 16 Left Chickamauga for Newport News, Va., August 3 Ordered to Lexington, Ky., August 13 Ordered to Springfield, Ill., August 29 Furloughed for thirty days Mustered out at Springfield, Ill., October 16, 1898, with 48 officers and 1,212 enlisted men. Casualties while in service: Officers-none. Enlisted men-died of disease, 17; deserted, 7.