United States Cavalry Entering Mayagüez

Description

United States cavalry entering the town of Mayagüez. A parade of soldiers on horseback can be seen as well as spectators on both sides of the street. Houses and buildings are visible along the street, among which stands out a building bearing a façade with arches, pilasters, a cornice, and a balustrade on the roof. Next to it, there is a fence with grilles and concrete posts and finished with pinnacles as well as an arch-shaped gate.

Origin Name	Box 424, Folder 3, Photo 5083
Relation	San Juan National Historic Site (NPS) > San Juan NHS Resource Records Collection > Series VIII Visual Materiales 1788-2017, Subseries B Photographs 1890 - 2011 > Box 424 - Folder 3 - 1898 Colleciton (2) - 1898
Geographical Coverage	Mayagüez
Date	1898-08-11
Descriptive Notes	Title assigned by the cataloging team. The image has an inscription reading: "American Cavalry entering Mayaguez on the 11th of August." The general description, date, or geographical coverage has information furnished by the San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico.
Historical Background	Architecture in Puerto Rico: Seventeenth-Nineteenth Centuries Military History of Puerto Rico: Spanish American War
Architectural Subject	Armies Cavalries Soldiers Military uniforms Spectators (event observers) Streets Houses Buildings (structures) Semicircular arches Arcades (structural assemblies) Pilasters (wall components) Cornices Rooftops Balustrades Fences (site elements) Grilles (barrier elements) Pinnacles (ornaments) Utility poles
Decolonial Subject	United States Invasion of 1898 Military Invasion
Rights	The PRAHA does not own the rights to this resource. The user must contact the repository or archive that holds the physical document to determine the restrictions that may apply under the Copyright and Intellectual Property Law or by agreements agreed with donors.
Editor	Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format	JPEG
Resource Type	Image