Havana -- Harbor – 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: Havana -- Harbor, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Havana -- Harbor
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Havana's harbor, with its narrow channel guarded by the Morro Castle fortress, was one of the busiest ports in the Caribbean, and this glass negative shows the working waterfront that drew photographers to the city. It comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the New York press photo archive that supplied news pictures to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and the title comes from caption information that has not been independently verified, so the exact year and vantage point remain uncertain. Even so, the glass plate preserves a view of a port city whose shipping and trade tied it closely to the United States.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,722 × 4,104 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24439 |
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