Across the Pacific

The Spanish American War has not had a lasting impact on American pop culture, but in its day, it was a popular subject. This 1901 poster is for a melodrama titled “Across the Pacific,” which told the story of a soldier named Willie fighting in the Philippines.

Image: “Blaney’s Across the Pacific” by Strobridge & Co. Lith. (1901). From the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, Genealogy & Local History Department