430
430
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(MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.)
Charge of the 24th and 25th
Infantry and the Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd 1898.
Large chromolithograph., 20 x 28 inches; vertical streak of some toning in the center; the
imprint not visible.
[Chicago: Kurtz and Allison, circa 1898]
[400/600]
431
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(MILITARY—WORLD WAR I.)
Colored Draft Men Off to Camp
Dodge, Iowa.
42 x 28 inches, printed in
green; linen backed with a few short closed
tears and chips repaired.
[Evansville, Indiana:] Speed Press, [1918]
[3,500/5,000]
This wonderful poster continues: “Public demon-
stration and Benefit Coliseum, Tues. Night
August 20. The Occasion of Their Departure,
called by the District Boards of this City and
County, to leave for Camp Dodge, Iowa. We
Hope to Make Memorable for These Boys . . .
Hon. Mayor Benjamin Bosse . . . Oration “The
Negro Soldier” Miss Francis (sic) Dickerson.
Music by the Memphis Jazz Orchestra . . .
Everyone Invited.” Benjamin Bosse was mayor of
Evansville, Indiana from 1914 to 1922. Many of
the draftees who were sent to Fort Dodge became
members of the 92nd and 93rd divisions, the two
black combat divisions, made up of approximately
40,000 troops, who saw battle in France. “Unsure
how to use black national guardsmen, the
American army “loaned” the 93rd Division to the French army. It was the only American division to
serve exclusively under French command. Despite having to acclimate to French methods of combat,
the division’s four regiments performed exceptionally well and received numerous commendations.”
(“African Age,” project of the Schomburg Mellon Humanities Institute.)
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