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"A near view of the house and villa taken in the first charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan; they came from the right."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07002.51 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cuba Type: Photograph Date: 1898 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Shows one soldier with rifle and shovel in the foreground, and a house situated atop a hill. Two Rough Riders appear in the middleground. Image noticeably retouched on the bottom left.

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