<I>Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1899
name: label: Created by
content: Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880
label: Subject of
content: 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: 25th Infantry Regiment, American, 1866 - 1946
notes: label: Caption
content: The Battle of San Juan Hill brought fame to Col. Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. But if not for the charge of the 10th Cavalry and 24th Infantry regiments, Roosevelt's troops might have been defeated. Although the 25th Infantry did not charge up San Juan Hill with the 24th as depicted here - it was fighting the Battle of El Caney at the time - this print nevertheless captures African American participation on San Juan Hill.
label: Description
content: A chromolithograph framed and dry-mounted to a large piece of matte. It has had several archival repairs. The image features American forces, in blue and carrying an American flag, charging towards an ongoing battle between American and Spanish forces. The advancing U.S. troops are mostly African American and they are being fired upon by the Spanish. In the background is a fort with an American flag being raised. The surrounding landscape is tropical.
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Juan Heights, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Spain, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Spanish colonialism
label: Topic
content: Spanish-American War, 1898
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: chromolithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Mat): 26 × 32 1/16 × 1/8 in. (66 × 81.4 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 19 11/16 × 27 5/8 in. (50 × 70.2 cm)