Cuba's heroes and their flag – Historic Reproduction
(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's heroes and their flag, preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This color lithograph, printed in New York around 1896, brings together Máximo Gómez, Antonio Maceo, José Martí, Calixto García and Salvador Cisneros under the title "Cuba's heroes and their flag." It was issued as a souvenir of the Grand Cuban-American Fair, a sign of the New York Cuban exile community's support for the independence war that began in 1895. Martí, the movement's writer and organizer, died in battle that same year, and Maceo was killed in 1896, so by the time the print appeared, the men pictured were becoming symbols as much as commanders. Pairing their likenesses with the flag reflects how the cause was promoted to Cubans and sympathetic Americans alike.
| Created / published | New York : J. Weisenback Lith., c1896. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, col. |
| Genre | New York City |
| Notes | Copyright by Southern Lithograph Co. Souvenir lithograph of the Grand Cuban-American Fair |
| Subjects | Gómez, Máximo,--1836-1905--Commemoration. Maceo, Antonio,--1845-1896--Commemoration. Martí, José,--1853-1895--Commemoration. García Iñiguez, Calixto,--1839-1898--Commemoration. Cisneros, Salvador--Commemoration. Heroes--Cuba--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,265 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178478 |
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