Vera Cruz, Mexico Photograph Collection, 1914

Summary

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains 30 b/w photographs of the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 1914. It includes picture postcards and panoramas, with images of U.S. troops, ships, Vera Cruz Harbor, Vera Cruz street scenes and prisoners, recreational activities of sailors (many from the U.S.S. Arkansas), and one image of President Taft arriving on board the U.S.S. Arkansas.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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