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Rediscovered Spanish-American War Photos

Archivists at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., recently discovered two wooden boxes containing hundreds of glass-plate photos dating ...

Federal News Network Staff

April 28, 2014 11:50 am

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**History Rediscovered** Recently, the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., rediscovered two wooden boxes containing more than 300 glass-plate photos from the Spanish-American War era.

Many of the photos show Navy vessels and their crews in various theaters of the war, from the Philippine Islands to Cuba.

Here, the USS Raleigh sees action in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

*(Photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command)*

***Listen to NHHC Lead Photo Archivist Lisa Crunk talk about the discovery.*** [audio mp3="http://media.dev-cms.com/wtop/34/3453/345301.mp3"]

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