The great market of Havana, Cuba – Vintage Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The great market of Havana, Cuba. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The great market of Havana, Cuba
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Titled "The great market of Havana," this view was printed on a stereo card, a format built to be seen through a hand viewer, which gave the crowded scene a sense of depth. It dates to around 1899, when Cuba was moving from Spanish rule to American occupation after the Spanish-American War of 1898. Markets like this one were the everyday center of city life, where food, goods, and people pressed together in close quarters, and photographers of the period often turned to them to show commerce in a foreign port. The density of figures and merchandise packed into the frame is worth a close look.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Markets--Cuba--Havana--1890-1899. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,191 × 4,244 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139974 |
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