Lot Essay
Barnes quotes a similar programme from The Era (5 February 1898 and 7 May 1898).
The Biograph section states:
The Spanish American War on the American Biograph (Invented by Herman Casler, New York). The views will comprise - The Spanish Ship, `Vizcaya' (A Panoramic View taken from the Biograph Steam Yacht in Havana Harbour). Consul-General Lee's departure from the Hotel Inglaterre, Havana. The destitute Reconcentrados. The `Maine'.
The Wreck of the Maine (the final cause of the War). Spanish Volunteers - a Crack Regiment Marching to General Bianco's Palace, Havana. Morro Castle, Havana Harbour.
S.S. Olivette Sailing out of the Harbour. President McKinley at Home, Canto, Ohio, USA.
Nelson's Flagship, `Victory', and the Flag.
Irish Mail - L. & N. W. Railway - Taking up Water at Full Speed. Express Train. Compound Engine. `Jeanie Deans' picking up Water at Bushey, [Herts], viewed from a Train travelling on another line in the same direction. Conway castle - Panoramic View of Conway, on the L. & N. W. Railway - the Tubular Bridge - Castle Built by King Edward I, and Station; taken from the Front of an Express Train.
The Derby, 1898, with `Jeddah' Winning! This Picture represents a Record in Photography, as it was shown at the Palace, London, on the Night of Derby Day.
The Biograph section states:
The Spanish American War on the American Biograph (Invented by Herman Casler, New York). The views will comprise - The Spanish Ship, `Vizcaya' (A Panoramic View taken from the Biograph Steam Yacht in Havana Harbour). Consul-General Lee's departure from the Hotel Inglaterre, Havana. The destitute Reconcentrados. The `Maine'.
The Wreck of the Maine (the final cause of the War). Spanish Volunteers - a Crack Regiment Marching to General Bianco's Palace, Havana. Morro Castle, Havana Harbour.
S.S. Olivette Sailing out of the Harbour. President McKinley at Home, Canto, Ohio, USA.
Nelson's Flagship, `Victory', and the Flag.
Irish Mail - L. & N. W. Railway - Taking up Water at Full Speed. Express Train. Compound Engine. `Jeanie Deans' picking up Water at Bushey, [Herts], viewed from a Train travelling on another line in the same direction. Conway castle - Panoramic View of Conway, on the L. & N. W. Railway - the Tubular Bridge - Castle Built by King Edward I, and Station; taken from the Front of an Express Train.
The Derby, 1898, with `Jeddah' Winning! This Picture represents a Record in Photography, as it was shown at the Palace, London, on the Night of Derby Day.