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General William R. Shafter holds up a diminutive newspaper reporter labeled “Yellow Journalism.” Shafter appears ready to drop the reporter in the ocean.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-17
A female figure labeled “Cuba,” holding the Cuban flag, is caught in a frying pan labeled “Spanish Misrule” that is being held above flames labeled “Anarchy” raging between fighting factions labeled “Insurgents” on the left and “Autonomists” on the right, on the island of Cuba.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-11
John Bull sits on a strong fortress representing England, with a telescope in one hand and strings attached to battleships in the other. On the edge of the continent are four figures representing “Germany” (William II), “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “Italy” (Umberto I) and “France” (Felix Faure) wondering what John Bull is doing. In the background, a battle rages between the United States and Spain around the island of Cuba. Caption: The Continental Powers–What are you doing there? / John Bull–Oh! nothing, nothing at all; – just looking on!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-18
Bust portrait of George Dewey, facing left, wearing military uniform, framed by a laurel wreath draped with the American flag. A vignette at the upper right shows Admiral David G. Farragut on the rigging of a ship during a battle labeled “New Orleans 1862,” and a vignette on the lower left shows the destruction of the Spanish fleet labeled “Manila 1898.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-25
Uncle Sam, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword labeled “U.S.,” sits at a table on which is a small cake on a platter labeled “Cuba,” with a decanter labeled “Philippine Islands” on the table and a bottle labeled “Porto Rico” in an ice bucket. On the left, John Bull is holding a sword labeled “England,” slicing a large cake on a platter labeled “China.” Around the table, with him, are four figures representing “Russia” (Nicholas II), “France” (Felix Faure), “Germany” (William II), and “Japan” (Meiji), each using a sword to carve up the cake which is labeled “Wei-Hai-Wei, Coal Fields of Shan-Si, Ta-Lien-Wan, Port Arthur, Hainan, Kai Chau, [and] Formosa.” Looking on from behind a wall on the far left are Italy (Umberto I) and Austria (Franz Joseph I). Caption: John Bull (to the Powers)–What are you mad about? We can’t grudge him a light lunch while we are feasting!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-05-25
An American Sailor stands on the deck of a battleship, holding the American flag. In the water around the battleship are the ruins of the Spanish fleet.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-01
A scene is depicted of dueling grounds in a wooded area where a duel has taken place between a tattered buccaneer labeled “Spain” and “Medievalism” and Uncle Sam, who is holding a sword labeled “19th century Enlightenment.” On the ground between them is a broken sword labeled “Misrule.” Two figures, possibly acting as seconds, one labeled “Austria” (Franz Joseph I) and the other representing Germany (William II), are supporting “Spain” between them, and a man carrying a doctor’s bag labeled “France” is rushing from behind to attend to the wounded man. John Bull and “Japan” (Meiji) are standing behind Uncle Sam. Caption: Uncle Sam–By Jingo! I’m sorry for the poor fellow; but he made me do it.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-01
The child king Alfonso XIII, as a wooden puppet, is slumped over on the “Throne of Spain” with a clergyman standing next to him. On the walls to the right are portrait paintings of “Charles V, Ferdinand and Isabella, [and] Philip II.” On the left, an arm labeled “Home Riots” reaches through the curtains with a torch to ignite a bomb labeled “Anarchy” next to the throne.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-08
The horrified ghost of “Charles V” observes Práxedes M. Sagasta filling an oil lamp labeled “Spanish Honor” from a container labeled “Bombast.” The lamp sits on the “Map of Spain” on top of a small table. Caption: Shade of Charles V – Is that all that is left of my sun that never set on Spanish soil?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-15
A man labeled “Spanish War Party,” wearing a military uniform and holding a large knife, is about to sacrifice the “Youth of Spain” to a huge monument labeled “False Pride” with a large sword labeled “Colonial Oppression.” On the ground to the left of the sacrificial bier are bags of “Revenue” and “Taxes,” and kneeling in the foreground is the “Queen Regent”, holding a bag, with her right arm on the shoulders of “Alphonso XIII.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-24
Print shows Mars, the Roman god of war, bruised and holding a battered and bent sword, and wearing a sign that states “Job Wanted.” He is seated on a trunk labeled “Mr. Mars, God of War.” A notice posted on the wall behind him states “Peace Declared Between Spain and U.S.” John Bull and another man, who may be Czar Nicholas II, are observing from behind a hedge on the left.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-31
A nurse attends to a fallen Spanish soldier as Uncle Sam returns his sword to its scabbard. In the upper left, a scene shows Spanish conquistadors attacking Natives.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-31
At left, two fashionably dressed, healthy young women escort a young man ill-suited for military service, carrying a valise, on his departure from a seaside resort. At right, two hearty young men, a soldier and a sailor, return home from military service during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-09-21
Britannia and Columbia shake hands from the bows of British and American battleships. Dark clouds behind Britannia are labeled “Eastern Question,” and behind Columbia are the dark clouds of war labeled “Spanish-American War.” Caption: Britannia – Daughter! / Columbia – Mother!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-15
John Jacob Astor, wearing a military uniform and carrying a flag that states “On to Manila. Astor’s Mountain Battery” and a sword, holds the reins to many mules carrying cannon barrels, as he leads the way to Manila in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Caption: The war is proving that even millionaires can be patriots.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-22
The “USS Merrimac,” a cargo ship, is under fire as it passes between the fortifications at the Socapa Battery and Morro Castle at the entrance to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War. Includes an American flag labeled with the names of the eight volunteer sailors, “Hobson, Charette, Murphy, Deignan, Phillips, Kelly, Clausen, [and] Montague,” intent on scuttling the ship to block the harbor and trap the Spanish fleet within. Caption: The Trojan Horse – Great Olympus! These Yankee exploits put me clear in the shade!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-29
President McKinley sits at a desk, holding a large paper that shows “President McKinley’s War Policy.” A newspaper reporter, most likely Joseph Pulitzer,” leaning through an open window and carrying sheets of paper labeled “Yellow Journal War Plans,” is poking his nose into the back of McKinley’s “Plans of Campaign.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-07-06
A gleeful Uncle Sam sits with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing “Spain,” “Italy” (Umberto I), “Austria” (Franz Joseph I), “France,” Germany (William II), and “Russia” (Nicholas II), watching a fireworks display that shows the outline of a huge American battleship that illuminates the ruins of the “Spanish Fleet.” The clouds of smoke show portraits of “Schley, Sampson, Hobson, [and] Dewey.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-07-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks the members of the National Security League for their work and praises the young men at military training camps across the country. He says the United States was unprepared to participate in the world war and discusses his experiences during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt calls for the need to “speed up” the current war and to be better prepared in the future by instituting universal military service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-01-19
President Roosevelt thanks the members of the Union League of Philadelphia for their commitment to upholding the principles of Abraham Lincoln. He praises the traits that brought the American people through the Civil War and subsequent trials that the nation faced. Roosevelt asks the assembled club to reflect on former President William McKinley’s policies, and says that while policies alone cannot make a nation great, “good laws and good administration of the laws can give to strong, honest, brave men a chance to do well.” Roosevelt praises McKinley’s ability to handle the unexpected challenges of the Spanish-American War and subsequent acquisition of the Philippines. He outlines the current situation in the Philippines, with the ending of the Philippine-American War, the establishment of civil administration, and general situation of peace. Roosevelt advises that the government must solve issues related to the industrial growth of the nation. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-22