Most Viewed Year 1898 - 9

The large war vessel slides slowly down the ways, stern first. Rowboats in the foreground rock violently in the swell. One boat upsets.

Eight mounted cowboys pursue an escaped steer, riding at furious speed. Fine exhibition of lasso throwing. Mexican International.

This Victorian duel between knife-wielding women was taken from an existing stage production, thought to be the Drury Lane theatre melodrama 'Women...

New York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...

"This picture was taken from the front of a rapidly moving launch through one of the most beautiful stretches of the Grand Canal, showing many...

Man dresses up as a woman, and the film is reversed.

This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...

Sailors training with swords.

Fourth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

"Shows steamer plunging head-on through the heavy seas. Huge waves break over the bow and wash the deck, almost carrying away the look-out."

"The commander of the 5th Army Corps rides forward with a party of officers. He wears a white helmet, a broad expanse of shirt bosom and a general...

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life..."

A group of escaped reconcentrados, saved from the fate of starvation imposed by the Butcher, Weyler.

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

The Last Supper, part 6 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.