Cuba, Havana, interior of the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba. – Vintage Wall Art
![Cuba, Havana, interior of the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba., [between 1920 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/09/09a4bd1e3e79-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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A window into the past: Cuba, Havana, interior of the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cuba, Havana, interior of the Hotel Sevilla-Biltmore / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba.
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Few hotels in Havana drew as many American visitors as the Sevilla-Biltmore, and this view shows its public interior in the period when the city was a favorite winter destination for travelers from the United States. The photograph was taken by American Photo Studios, a commercial firm working in Havana, and it belongs to the Pan American Union collection, which gathered images of member nations for promotion of travel and trade. Interiors like this one were meant to show guests a hotel's lobby and furnishings, so the picture also records the decorative style and social setting that tourists were expected to find there.
| Created / published | [between 1920 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1950. |
| Notes | Pan American Union collection. |
| Subjects | Hotels & taverns--Cuba--Havana--1920-1950. Interiors--Cuba--Havana--1920-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,190 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168034 |
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