Sujet

The Spanish-American War: the steam-ship "New York," acquired by the American Government, 1898. Creators: Unknown, Gregory.

Légende

The Spanish-American War: the steam-ship "New York," acquired by the American Government, 1898. 'The long-expected has come at last, and war has been declared. On April 20 the United States Government at Washington performed the decisive act of committing itself to active hostilities...President McKinley signed the joint resolutions passed by the Senate and the House of representatives in Congress, and the ultimatum demanding that the Spanish Government should, before noon on Saturday, consent to relinquish its authority in Cuba, and to withdraw its military and naval forces from the island.' SS City of New York was a British built passenger liner that was designed to be the largest and fastest liner on the Atlantic. When she entered service with the Inman Line in August 1888, she was the first twin screw express liner in the world, and while she did not achieve the westbound Blue Riband, she ultimately held the eastbound record from August 1892 to May 1893 at a speed of 20.11 knots. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM26A15_278

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9.0Mo (713.1Ko) / 20.4cm x 11.0cm / 2413 x 1299 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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