Hotel del Telégrafo / C.D. Fredricks y Daries, Calle de la Habana, no. 108. – Antique Print
![Hotel del Telégrafo / C.D. Fredricks y Daries, Calle de la Habana, no. 108., [ca. 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/03/03669ab7e170-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Hotel del Telégrafo / C.D. Fredricks y Daries, Calle de la Habana, no. 108. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hotel del Telégrafo / C.D. Fredricks y Daries, Calle de la Habana, no. 108.
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Hotel del Telégrafo, listed at Calle de la Habana no. 108, is the particular subject here, a hotel in Havana that took its name from the telegraph, a then-new technology that was reshaping commerce and travel across Cuba. The print was made by the firm of C.D. Fredricks y Daries, whose address appears on the mount and suggests a commercial studio working in the city's busy streets. Around 1860, Havana was a major port and the Spanish colony's administrative center, and photographers there produced street views and building portraits for travelers and merchants. Views like this one record the storefronts and signage of an everyday commercial district.
| Created / published | [ca. 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860. |
| Notes | Isla de Cuba, no. 99. |
| Subjects | Hotels & taverns--Cuba--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,133 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167607 |
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