No. 151. The water cure. – A harmless method of torture alleged to have been occasionally practiced by soldiers in the Philippines as one of the necessary accompaniments of war. The after-effects are said to be very beneficial to the Filipino.

No. 151. The water cure. – A harmless method of torture alleged to have been occasionally practiced by soldiers in the Philippines as one of the necessary accompaniments of war. The after-effects are said to be very beneficial to the Filipino.

Creator
Givens, James David
Date created
circa 1900
Accession No.
OFI-002986
Citation
Scenes taken in the Philippines and on the Pacific, relating to soldiers.
Location
OFI photographs, Box 4.
Notes
Subject: Five U.S. soldiers pour dangerous amounts of water into a captured Filipino soldier or suspected spy. Today this is known as "waterboarding" and is considered torture and a war cr
Type
Type: Photograph, halftone reproduction, B/W, white border, matte.
Medium
1 print : photomechanical : sheet 14 x 18 cm.
Subject 1
Torture — Philippines.
Subject 2
Philippines–History–Philippine American War, 1899-1902 — Prisoners.
Subject 3
Soldiers — American — Philippines.
Actual Image Location
OFI photographs, Box 4.
Call number
OFI-002986
Cataloger
GERRY