[Portrait of Ramon Blancos, Havana, Cuba] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[Portrait of Ramon Blancos, Havana, Cuba], 1951 Mar. 11. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/08/0806d6ae346d-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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This rare historic photograph captures [Portrait of Ramon Blancos, Havana, Cuba] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Portrait of Ramon Blancos, Havana, Cuba]
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Taken in Havana on March 11, 1951, this portrait of Ramon Blancos comes from the Carl Van Vechten collection at the Library of Congress. Van Vechten, a novelist and critic who began photographing in the 1930s, built a large body of portraits of writers, performers, and other public figures. The record does not say what Blancos did for a living, but the date places the sitting during Carlos Prío Socarrás's presidency, when Havana was a busy center of political and cultural life. The estate of Van Vechten gave the print to the Library in 1966.
| Created / published | 1951 Mar. 11. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs. |
| Notes | Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. No Van Vechten number. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,255 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-190795 |
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