Cubans in their trenches - awaiting the Spaniards - Pinar del Rio, Cuba – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Cubans in their trenches - awaiting the Spaniards - Pinar del Rio, Cuba. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cubans in their trenches - awaiting the Spaniards - Pinar del Rio, Cuba
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The place named here is Pinar del Rio, Cuba's westernmost province, where this stereograph shows Cubans waiting in their trenches for Spanish troops. The caption is unverified, but it points to the Spanish-American War, when Cuban insurgents fought Spanish rule alongside United States forces. Strohmeyer & Wyman, a New York firm, issued the card in a numbered series of stereo views, meant to be seen through a lens for a three-dimensional effect. Such cards brought distant war into American parlors, and this one reminds viewers that Cuban fighters were central to the conflict.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. No. 1. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cuba; Sp-Am. War; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 792 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147700 |
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