An iron mining camp in Santiago Province, 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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An iron mining camp in Santiago Province, Cuba comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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An iron mining camp in Santiago Province, Cuba
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This stereograph turns to the iron workings of eastern Cuba, where a mining camp in Santiago Province stood in the years after the Spanish-American War. American investors moved quickly into the island's mineral lands once Spanish rule ended in 1898, and ore from the region was destined for steel production in the United States. The card was issued around 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman, a New York firm that sold stereo views for parlors, schools, and travelers' collections. Seen through a stereoscope, the camp would have appeared in startling depth, offering home viewers a close look at an industry far from their own towns.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr; Mining--Iron; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 784 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148943 |
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