Object Details
- General
- Series III, Box 27, Military--U.S.A.
- Publisher
- Milwaukee Public Museum Group
- Collection Creator
- National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
- Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Place
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Mexico) -- History -- American Occupation -- 1847-1848
- Topic
- Ethnic Imagery Project, Archives Center
- Topic
- Soldiers
- United States -- History -- War with Mexico -- 1845-1848
- Armed Forces
- Publisher
- Milwaukee Public Museum Group
- See more items in
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection / Series 3: Subjects / Military, United States
- Extent
- 1 Item (color, 3.5" x 5.5".)
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Picture postcards
- Postcards
- Collection Citation
- Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, circa 1880-circa 1970, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Illustration depicting soldiers inching their way up the hill to Chapultepec. They are dressed in blue and carry the American flag. Around them are piled dead bodies of soldiers. In this image the landscape of Mexico City consists of distant mountains and the castle of Chapultepec on a hill. The rest of the area the soldiers march through is open space instead of the metropolitan area of Mexico City that has been established in this period.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research use.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560368414239-1560368414432-1
