Dewey, George, 1837-1917

Cartoon depicting various European leaders learning of Admiral George Dewey’s capture of Manila Bay in the Philippines. It was a crushing victory that destroyed the Spanish fleet with no casualties to the American Navy.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

A drawing of the Olympia, Commodore George Dewey’s flagship.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898

Creator(s)

Unknown

Department of State’s press release on surrender of Manila, Philippines during the Spanish-American War published in the New York World.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1898-08-15

Creator(s)

Unknown

President Roosevelt encloses a memorandum from Admiral Dewey on the general staff which he deems “altogether admirable.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Governor Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews inquiring about what he should wear when leading the militia in the Dewey parade. Roosevelt would also like Andrews to obtain for the occasion a black horse that Roosevelt previously rode.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Governor Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews that he does not want to ride in a carriage in the Dewey parade and prefers to ride on horseback.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-09-12

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Governor Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews regarding the upcoming Dewey parade. 

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-09-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Governor Roosevelt writes to Avery De Lano Andrews regarding the logistics for an upcoming visit with General F. V. Greene, General Wesley Merritt, and Admiral George Dewey.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1899-09-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Thomas Collier Platt, with his young bride, passes through the gates to the “Oldboys’ Hymeneal Paradise” where they are greeted by a “Reception Committee” of several old men labeled “Depew, Potter, Dewey, Flagler, [and] Woodford” and their young wives.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-10-28

The ghost of General Winfield Scott Hancock offers a warning to “presidential aspirants” General Nelson A. Miles, Admiral George Dewey, and Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley, all about to step off a cliff in an effort to reach the chair of the “Presidency” hovering out of reach.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902-04-30

Admiral George Dewey, pictured as a rooster, crows “I want to be president.” Uncle Sam, in his bed clothes, leans out a window to throw a boot at him.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-06-13

Illustration showing two men escorting Admiral George Dewey down a street, on the left is a man labeled “McLean” and on the right is Joseph Pulitzer. On the left side of the street is the “Democratic Museum” and on the right of the street is the “Republican Museum,” and a sign on the left is directing them to the convention hall.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-05-02

Illustration showing Admiral George Dewey as a circus clown, with William Jennings Bryan on a donkey labeled “Dem Party” and William McKinley on an elephant labeled “GOP” under the big top of a circus. Puck, as the ringmaster, stands in the background.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-05-09

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Admiral George Dewey, and General Nelson Appleton Miles sit gagged on a bench. Behind them on the wall are signs saying, “To hear and not be heard–that is the question.” and “When does a man love most to hear the human voice? When he’s doing the talking himself.” General Frederick Funston shows his order to join them, “Compliments of the President,” as he walks across the room.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-25

Creator(s)

Donahey, J. H. (James Harrison), 1875-1949

President and Mrs. Roosevelt with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, Thomas Lipton, Admiral George Dewey, C. Oliver Iselin, and Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee on the deck of the Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. The back of the stereograph gives an in-depth explanation of the circumstances of the photograph.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-08-17

Creator(s)

Underwood & Underwood

President Roosevelt, Admiral George Dewey and Secretary William H. Moody look at the war fleet from the deck of the Mayflower.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-09-09

Creator(s)

Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920

President and Mrs. Roosevelt with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, Thomas Lipton, Admiral George Dewey, C. Oliver Iselin, and Major General Adna Romanza Chaffee on the deck of the Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1903-08-17

Creator(s)

Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920

Theodore Roosevelt and Admiral Dewey shaking hands on dock. Sold by Griffith & Griffith.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1899-10-18

Creator(s)

Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920