Plaza la Libertad, Matanzas, Cuba – Vintage Wall Art
![Plaza la Libertad, Matanzas, Cuba, c[1904] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2cc28964eb33-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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Step back in time with Plaza la Libertad, Matanzas, Cuba, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Plaza la Libertad, Matanzas, Cuba
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A hotel sign reading "Grand Hotel" along the left edge of this 8 x 10 inch glass negative helps place the view of Plaza la Libertad in Matanzas, a port city on Cuba's north coast. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold many of its views as postcards and travel prints, dates the image to about 1904, a few years after the Spanish-American War had drawn American business and attention to the island. Matanzas, often called the "Athens of Cuba" for its theaters, literary life and musicians, was also a busy center for sugar shipping. The open square and surrounding buildings show how such civic spaces served as gathering places for residents and visitors alike.
| Created / published | c[1904] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Grand Hotel" on building at left margin. "197" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017230. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Plazas.Cuba--Matanzas. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126145 |
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