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Print, The Great Naval Battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1, 1898, 5:30am til 12:50pm, 1898 Artist unknown Published by Kurz and Allison, Chicago Chromolithograph The Wolfsonian–FIU, Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf 2009.19.654 This first hostile engagement of the Spanish-American War took place in the Philippines, where U.S. Commodore Dewey destroyed Spain’s fleet in Manila Bay. Louis Kurz, a veteran of the Civil War and partner in the Kurz and Allison chromolithograph publishing firm, was probably responsible for this colorful and dramatic rendering of a naval battle that he, himself, did not witness.
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