Spanish American War Photos

The Spanish-American War (April 21- Aug. 13, 1898) began after an accidental explosion on the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba, caused the United States to erroneously declare war on Spain. The war resulted in U.S. acquisition of Cuba & the Philippines. U.S. heroes were Teddy Roosevelt & Admiral Dewey. This page shows objects marking the conflict.

Click thumbnail to enlarge. F11 to view website full screen.
Spanish American War Soldier's Memorial poster detail at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Spanish American War Soldier's Memorial poster at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Niagara Mohawk Building & Spanish American War Monument. Buffalo, NY.Spanish American War monument at Wyoming State Capitol. Cheyenne, WY.
Spanish American War (1898) Soldier's Memorial poster detail at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Spanish American War (1898) Soldier's Memorial poster at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Niagara Mohawk Building & Spanish American War Monument. Buffalo, NY.Spanish American War monument at Wyoming State Capitol. Cheyenne, WY.
Spanish American War Memorial, statue of Nike, Greek Goddess of War, by Evelyn Batchelder Longman in Bushnell Park. Hartford, CT.Spanish American War Memorial, statue of Nike, Greek Goddess of War, by Evelyn Batchelder Longman in Bushnell Park. Hartford, CT.Philippines Spanish American War tomb in graveyard of Grace Episcopal Church. St. Francisville, LA.Soldiers Memorial lithograph of Spanish American War of 1898 1st Regt. NH Vol. Inf. at Woodman Museum. Dover, NH.
Spanish American War Memorial, statue of Nike, Greek Goddess of War, (1937) by Evelyn Batchelder Longman in Bushnell Park. Hartford, CT.Spanish American War Memorial, statue of Nike, Greek Goddess of War, (1937) by Evelyn Batchelder Longman in Bushnell Park. Hartford, CT.Philippines Spanish American War tomb (1900) in graveyard of Grace Episcopal Church. St. Francisville, LA.Soldiers Memorial lithograph of Spanish American War of 1898 1st Regt. NH Vol. Inf. at Woodman Museum. Dover, NH.
Spanish American War memorial by E.L. Jirouch at Ohio State Capitol. Columbus, OH.Base plaque for Spirit of '98 Spanish American War memorial by E.L. Jirouch at Ohio State Capitol. Columbus, OH.Colonel Webb Cook Hayes Congressional Medal of Honor for Spanish American War action in the Philippines 1899 enlarge at his grave at Hayes Presidential Center. Fremont, OH.Inkstand & pen used by William McKinley to sign Declaration of War with Spain. Fremont, OH.
Spanish American War memorial (1928) by E.L. Jirouch at Ohio State Capitol. Columbus, OH.Base plaque for Spirit of '98 Spanish American War memorial (1928) by E.L. Jirouch at Ohio State Capitol. Columbus, OH.Colonel Webb Cook Hayes Congressional Medal of Honor for Spanish American War action in the Philippines 1899 enlarge at his grave at Hayes Presidential Center. Fremont, OH.Inkstand & pen used by William McKinley to sign Declaration of War with Spain (April 25, 1898) (at Hayes Presidential Center). Fremont, OH.
Fan depicting William McKinley surrounded by Spanish American War military officers at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.Spanish American War souvenir plate at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Heroes Who Sank With the Maine sheet music at Orange Empire Railway Museum. Perris, CA.Battleship Maine pressed glass model at Pueblo Union Depot Museum. Pueblo, CO.
Fan depicting William McKinley surrounded by Spanish American War military officers at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.Spanish American War (aka Cuban War) souvenir plate (c1898) at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Heroes Who Sank With the Maine sheet music (1898) at Orange Empire Railway Museum. Perris, CA.Battleship Maine pressed glass model at Pueblo Union Depot Museum. Pueblo, CO.
Milk glass Battleship Maine pattern at Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Wichita, KS.Pressed milk glass models of Uncle Sam on a battleship by Flaccus Brothers Co. of Wheeling, WV & Battleship Maine by unknown both related to Spanish American War at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.Remember the Maine candy boat by Mckee & Bros., Heanette, PA at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Cobalt blue glass candy dish embossed with Remember the Maine at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.
Milk glass Battleship Maine pattern at Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Wichita, KS.Pressed milk glass models of Uncle Sam on a battleship (c1898) by Flaccus Brothers Co. of Wheeling, WV & Battleship Maine (c1890) by unknown both related to Spanish American War at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.Remember the Maine candy boat by Mckee & Bros., Heanette, PA at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Cobalt blue glass candy dish embossed with Remember the Maine at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.
Battleship Maine Spanish American War souvenir plate by Burford's Porcelain at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Engraving of U.S. Naval ships blockading Spanish fleet off Havana during Spanish American War by Henry Reuterdahl in Colliers Magazine from Hampton Roads Naval Museum at Nauticus. Norfolk, VA.Engraving of U.S. Naval ships destruction on Spanish Admiral Cervera's fleet at Santiago, Cuba Harbor during Spanish American War from Hampton Roads Naval Museum at Nauticus. Norfolk, VA.Entry into Havana, 1898 mural by Frederick Green Carpenter at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Battleship Maine Spanish American War souvenir plate (1898) by Burford's Porcelain at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Engraving (1898) of U.S. Naval ships blockading Spanish fleet off Havana during Spanish American War by Henry Reuterdahl in Colliers Magazine from Hampton Roads Naval Museum at Nauticus. Norfolk, VA.Engraving (1898) of U.S. Naval ships destruction on Spanish Admiral Cervera's fleet at Santiago, Cuba Harbor (July 3, 1898) during Spanish American War from Hampton Roads Naval Museum at Nauticus. Norfolk, VA.Entry into Havana, 1898 mural (c1917-28) by Frederick Green Carpenter at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Cardenas Bay Medal for Spanish American War action in Cuba when the tug Hudson save crippled American Navy warships at U.S. Coast Guard Museum. New London, CT.Spanish American War era mortor on Lowell City Hall grounds. Lowell, MA.Speaker cannon captured in Cuba by Rough Riders at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Menger Hotel opposite The Alamo used by Teddy Roosevelt to recruit Rough Riders for Spanish American War. San Antonio, TX.
Cardenas Bay Medal (c1898) for Spanish American War action in Cuba when the tug Hudson save crippled American Navy warships at U.S. Coast Guard Museum. New London, CT.Spanish American War era mortor on Lowell City Hall grounds. Lowell, MA.Speaker cannon captured in Cuba (1898) by Rough Riders at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Menger Hotel (1859) opposite The Alamo used by Teddy Roosevelt to recruit Rough Riders for Spanish American War. San Antonio, TX. Architect: Alfred Giles, Atlee B. Ayres & Robert Ayres.
Canteen from Spanish American War at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Roosevelt's Rough Rider uniform from Spanish American War at Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. New York, NY.Rough Rider sculpture by Frederick MacMonnies in North Room at Roosevelt's House Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider uniform custom-made by Brooks Brothers of New York City at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.
Canteen (c1898) from Spanish American War at Jefferson Barracks Military Museum. St. Louis, MO.Roosevelt's Rough Rider uniform from Spanish American War at Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace. New York, NY.Rough Rider sculpture by Frederick MacMonnies in North Room at Roosevelt's House Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider uniform (1898) custom-made by Brooks Brothers of New York City at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.
Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider gloves & hat at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider spurs used in Cuba at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Representation of Teddy Roosevelt who recruited Rough Riders in San Antonio at the Menger Hotel & Buckhorn Saloon at Buckhorn Museum. San Antonio, TX.Tin serving tray with Rough Rider image of Teddy Roosevelt at Arizona History Museum. Tucson, AZ.
Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider gloves & hat (1898) at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Rider spurs (1898) used in Cuba at Old Orchard Museum at Sagamore Hill NHS. Cove Neck, NY.Representation of Teddy Roosevelt who recruited Rough Riders in San Antonio at the Menger Hotel & Buckhorn Saloon at Buckhorn Museum. San Antonio, TX.Tin serving tray with Rough Rider image of Teddy Roosevelt at Arizona History Museum. Tucson, AZ.
Carousel painted panel of Rough Rider firing two six-guns symbolic of Spanish-American War in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Spanish American War Puerto Rico campaign hat of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Madison, WI.Bugle & 15th C Spanish canon captured during Spanish American War at West Virginia State Museum. Charleston, WV.Photos of Camp Wikoff, Montauk, where troops returning from Cuba at end of Spanish American War were quarantined at Montauk Lighthouse museum. Montauk, NY.
Carousel painted panel of Rough Rider firing two six-guns symbolic of Spanish-American War (c1898) in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Spanish American War Puerto Rico campaign hat of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (1898) at Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Madison, WI.Bugle & 15th C Spanish canon captured during Spanish American War at West Virginia State Museum. Charleston, WV.Photos of Camp Wikoff, Montauk, where troops returning from Cuba at end of Spanish American War (1898) were quarantined at Montauk Lighthouse museum. Montauk, NY.
Photo of Teddy Roosevelt at Camp Wikoff Montauk at end of Spanish American War at Montauk Lighthouse museum. Montauk, NY.Leonard Wood, Spanish-American War Rough Rider portrait by John Singer Sargent at National Portrait Gallery. Washington, DC.Admiral Dewey at Battle of Manila painting at Vermont State House. Montpelier, VT.Cruiser Olympia flagship of Commodore George Dewey during Spanish American War Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. Philadelphia, PA.
Photo of Teddy Roosevelt at Camp Wikoff Montauk at end of Spanish American War at Montauk Lighthouse museum. Montauk, NY.Leonard Wood, Spanish-American War Rough Rider portrait (1903) by John Singer Sargent at National Portrait Gallery. Washington, DC.Admiral Dewey at Battle of Manila painting (1940) at Vermont State House. Montpelier, VT.Cruiser Olympia (1892-1922) flagship of Commodore George Dewey during Spanish American War Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. Philadelphia, PA. On National Register.
Dewey's Welcome Home sheet music at Orange Empire Railway Museum. Perris, CA.Antique ornate wooden slot machine with image of Admiral Dewey at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Image of Admiral Dewey on antique slot machine at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Dewey's Victory board game themed on Admiral Dewey's conquest at Manila at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.
Dewey's Welcome Home sheet music (1899) at Orange Empire Railway Museum. Perris, CA.Antique ornate wooden slot machine with image of Admiral Dewey (early 1900's) at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Image of Admiral Dewey on antique slot machine at Angels Camp Museum. Angels Camp, CA.Dewey's Victory (1898) board game themed on Admiral Dewey's conquest at Manila at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.
Our Hero Thomas Dewey glass flask celebrates capture of Manila at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.Printed fan of Admiral George Dewey U.S.N. at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Album cover photo of Admiral Dewey, hero of the Spanish American War at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.Admiral George Dewey Spanish American War souvenir plate by ELPCO WACO China at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.
Our Hero Thomas Dewey glass flask (c1898) celebrates capture of Manila at The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, NY.Printed fan of Admiral George Dewey U.S.N. at Milan Historical Museum. Milan, OH.Album cover photo of Admiral Dewey, hero of the Spanish American War at William McKinley Presidential Museum & Library. Canton, OH.Admiral George Dewey Spanish American War souvenir plate (1899) by ELPCO WACO China at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.
Admiral George Dewey's Flagship Olympia Spanish American War souvenir plate by Globe Pottery Co. at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Milk glass Admiral Dewey covered dish Vermont Governor's Office at Vermont State House. Montpelier, VT.Pressed milk glass models of Battleship Oregon & Admiral Dewey on a fort both by Flaccus Brothers Co. of Wheeling, WV related to Spanish American War at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.Admiral Dewey Pitcher by Beatty-Brady Glass Co. of Dunkirk, IN at Degenhart Paperweight & Glass Museum. Cambridge, OH.
Admiral George Dewey's Flagship Olympia Spanish American War souvenir plate (1900) by Globe Pottery Co. at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.Milk glass Admiral Dewey covered dish Vermont Governor's Office at Vermont State House. Montpelier, VT.Pressed milk glass models of Battleship Oregon & Admiral Dewey on a fort both (c1898) by Flaccus Brothers Co. of Wheeling, WV related to Spanish American War at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.Admiral Dewey Pitcher (c1898) by Beatty-Brady Glass Co. of Dunkirk, IN at Degenhart Paperweight & Glass Museum. Cambridge, OH.
Spanish American War Pitcher by Beatty-Brady Glass Co., Steubenville, OH at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.William McKinley, Admiral George Dewey & Charles Dwight Sigsbee on Spanish American War souvenir plate by West End Pottery Co. at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.

Spanish American War (aka Gridley) Pitcher (c1898) by Beatty-Brady Glass Co., Steubenville, OH at Museum of American Glass. Milville, NJ.William McKinley, Admiral George Dewey & Charles Dwight Sigsbee (Captain USS) on Spanish American War souvenir plate (1898) by West End Pottery Co. at Museum of Ceramics. East Liverpool, OH.

See Also:
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart.
All rights reserved. Permission required to use.

CMP