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1820WRCAM21881Washington 1820. 8; 4pp. plus twenty-seven folding tables. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Some occasional foxing. Overall crisp and very good. Untrimmed. The first report includes communications of the Spanish minister General Vives regarding the revolting Spanish American colonies possible Spanish session of Florida and other subjects. The second work consists of twenty-seven folding plates listing the names of American-owned vessels and other property claimed as Spanish spoliations. SERVIES 1048. hardcover books
189947205New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1899. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some wear & soiling to card. A bit of yellowing to image. A VG example. Caption printed to verso in 6 languages. Stereo image separate domed mounted to stiff-stock concave card. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Rounded corners. <br/><br/> Underwood & Underwood, Publishers unknown books
189947201New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers 1899. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling to card. A bit of yellowing to image. A VG example. Stereo image separate domed mounted to stiff-stock concave card. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Rounded corners. <br/><br/> Underwood & Underwood, Publishers unknown books
1879WRCLIT82812Madrid: Libreria de Cuesta 1879. 775pp. Large octavo. Printed wrappers extracted from pamphlet volume. Tables and illustrations. French bookseller's ticket on front wrapper spine covering absent but a very good copy. First edition published in the series "MonografÃas Industriales." OCLC/Worldcat locates two copies in North America: Sutro Library and Yale. OCLC: 42946953. Libreria de Cuesta unknown books
1900List518Most Cuba or Jacksonville 1900. Silver gelatin or albumen photographs various sizes ranging from 3 x 3 to 6 x 8 most captioned to verso. With handwritten manuscript four leaves discussing various diseases. The Spanish-American War was the first war in which nurses formed their own dedicated units as well as the first war in which they were accepted within military hospitals. While no nurses died in battle 153 died during the war from disease. Nurses were responsible for both treating soldiers as well as maintaining sanitary conditions within the camps. Conditions were often poor leading some to work until they were too sick to continue. <br /><br /> The current collection of photographs documents the experiences of a Mrs. Waters who was originally from Groton Massachusetts. The collection begins with a couple early photographs including a portrait as a young woman and a cyanotype of one of Waters' leprosy patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The next section shows Waters' training in Jacksonville Florida with either the Fourth or Seventh Army Corps at what was called Camp Cuba Libre both Corps trained there in 1898. The photographs of Jacksonville show life around the military camp and environs with some notable photographs of African-American inhabitants of the region. Three photographs quite notably show the Congregation of American Sisters a small group of American Indian nuns led by Reverend Francis Craft. The photographs taken in Cuba are notable for their portrayal of local life. Several photographs of military installations are taken around the "trocha" or line established by General Valeriana Weyler from Mariel to Majana. Another notable photograph is a cabinet card of a large group of nurses taken by the Havana photographer R. Testar. <br /><br /> The group overall shows very early photographic records of military nurses in training as well as a scarce photographic record from a woman in a combat situation. The photographs are generally well preserved in very good to excellent condition with some light fading. Accompanying the photographs is a four page manuscript essay presumably by Waters discussing leprosy as well as the booklet Spanish Phrase Book for American Soldiers and Sailors published by the National Relief Commission of Philadelphia. <br /><br /> Offered in partnership with Daniel / Oliver Gallery. books
