Title

'The Last Photograph of Sergeant "Willie" Tiffany', Spanish-American War, 12 June 1898, (1899). Creator: Burr McIntosh.

Caption

'The Last Photograph of Sergeant "Willie" Tiffany', Spanish-American War, 12 June 1898, (1899). '...Tiffany, Going Abroad the "Matteawan", Sunday Afternoon, June 12th'. Left-right: (unknown man), William Tiffany, Henry Bull and Craig Wadsworth boarding a troopship at Port Tampa, Florida, USA. Tiffany (1863-1898) survived the Battle of San Juan Heights unhurt and was given a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant, but was among several Rough Riders who died of yellow fever or malaria. From "The Little I saw of Cuba" by Burr McIntosh, with photographs by the author. (In 1898, American actor and journalist William Burr McIntosh went to Cuba to cover the Spanish-American War for "Leslie's Weekly" as a reporter and photographer). [F. Tennyson Neely, London & New York, 1899]

Date

1899

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G25_420

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

61.3Mo (2.8Mo) / 51.8cm x 29.7cm / 6117 x 3505 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Willie Tiffany Tiffany Lieutenant William Tiffany Sergeant Willie Tiffany people male man men hat Florida country guy ship ships steps clothes dress step war location century soldier boarding clothing concept gangway last cavalry warfare Tampa United States of America 19th century water transport B W Rough Riders nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector Spanish-American War TGN photograph united states young man young men William Willie F F. Port Tampa Burr McIntosh McIntosh Burr McIntosh Burr William Burr William McIntosh William Burr McIntosh McIntosh William Burr William McIntosh McIntosh William F. Tennyson Neely Tennyson Neely F Tennyson Neely Neely F Tennyson F. Tennyson Matteawan 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry First Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry William Tiffany