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Cuban fruits – Historic Reproduction

Cuban fruits, [between 1895 and 1920] — historic photograph
Cuban fruits, [between 1895 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(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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Fruit sellers and their stalls were a common sight in Cuban towns during the years of Spanish colonial rule and the early American period, and this print shows the produce itself as its subject. The record gives only a rough date, somewhere between 1895 and 1920, which places it in the years when Cuba moved from the independence wars into a republic shaped heavily by American influence. Markets like this one were the daily center of local trade, where growers brought tropical fruit from nearby farms to sell to households. Photographs of such stalls were often made as views of everyday commerce, so the print offers a useful record of how food was displayed and sold at the time.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1920.
NotesNo. 57, no. 20.
SubjectsMarkets--Cuba--1890-1920. Produce stands--Cuba--1890-1920. Fruit--1890-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,230 × 5,168 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167577

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