[Various printed scenes illustrating an exchange of fire at Santiago de Cuba between an artillery battery at Morro Castle and the SS St. Louis: Cannonballs narrowly missing the SS St. Louis; the SS St. Louis travelling in the bay; flames and smoke following a recently fired cannonball; a crew member firing a cannon from the deck of the SS St. Louis; a nautical rope tied in an overhand knot; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; another ship travelling towards the SS St. Louis; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; a long cannon sponge; an artillery shell; and a cannon stationed land firing at a ship in the water]

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Title: [Various printed scenes illustrating an exchange of fire at Santiago de Cuba between an artillery battery at Morro Castle and the SS St. Louis: Cannonballs narrowly missing the SS St. Louis; the SS St. Louis travelling in the bay; flames and smoke following a recently fired cannonball; a crew member firing a cannon from the deck of the SS St. Louis; a nautical rope tied in an overhand knot; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; another ship travelling towards the SS St. Louis; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; a long cannon sponge; an artillery shell; and a cannon stationed land firing at a ship in the water]
Date: [Undated]
Creator: C., A. W.
Notes: A.W.C. AMsS, [undated]. s.l., page 1. From a collection containing correspondence, documents, ephemera, and other items related to Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, who served in the United States Navy from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century. Many of the materials relate to his naval career, business and personal affairs, and his political interests after World War I.
Names and Subjects: Artillery--Pictorial works.; Bodies of water--Pictorial works.; Bodies of water in art.; Castillo del Morro (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba); Flame.; Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925.; Nautical paraphernalia in art.; Naval battles--Pictorial works.; Naval battles in art.; Ordnance, Naval--Drawings.; Poems.; Ropework.; Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)--Pictorial works.; Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)--Poetry.; Shells (Ammunition); Smoke.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations--American--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Pictorial works.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Poetry.; St. Louis (Ship)--Poetry.; United States. Navy--1890-1900.; United States. Navy--Boats.; United States. Navy--Firearms.; United States. Navy--Gunners.; United States. Navy--Illustrations.; United States. Navy--Military life.; United States. Navy--Ordnance and ordnance stores.; United States. Navy--Pictorial works.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Line drawings.; Poems.; Printed materials (object genre)
Collection Title: Caspar F. Goodrich papers
Collection Creator: Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 8564
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-07-18 18:16:03

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Record: 8564
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Full citation: "[Various printed scenes illustrating an exchange of fire at Santiago de Cuba between an artillery battery at Morro Castle and the SS St. Louis: Cannonballs narrowly missing the SS St. Louis; the SS St. Louis travelling in the bay; flames and smoke following a recently fired cannonball; a crew member firing a cannon from the deck of the SS St. Louis; a nautical rope tied in an overhand knot; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; another ship travelling towards the SS St. Louis; flames and smoke surrounding a fired cannonball; a long cannon sponge; an artillery shell; and a cannon stationed land firing at a ship in the water]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8564/wcl008635. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 09, 2025.

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