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Havana, Cuba, from Cabana Fortress – Antique Wall Art

Havana, Cuba, from Cabana Fortress, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph
Havana, Cuba, from Cabana Fortress, [between 1890 and 1923]. 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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Havana, Cuba, from Cabana Fortress

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From the ramparts of Cabana Fortress, this view looks across Havana's harbor and the city beyond it. Spain began building the Cabaña on the eastern side of the harbor entrance in 1763, after Britain briefly held Havana the year before, and it served as a military garrison into the period when this picture was made. The print belongs to the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, assembled by a travel writer who documented distant places for American audiences, so it offers a useful record of the city from the late 1800s into the early 1920s.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Cuba. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,136 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111547

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