Havana, Cuba, 1898 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Havana, Cuba, 1898 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of Havana, showing the entrance to the harbor and inner harbor; taken from Cabanas Fortress showing Morro Castle on the extreme right-hand
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Havana, Cuba, 1898
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Havana in 1898 was the capital of a Spanish colony whose economy rested on sugar and tobacco, and its harbor, covered by the Morro Castle fortress, handled a steady traffic of merchant ships. Only a few years earlier, General Valeriano Weyler's reconcentration policy had forced rural Cubans into crowded towns, where disease and hunger killed many of them. On February 15, 1898, the American battleship Maine exploded in the harbor and killed more than 250 of its crew, and the disaster pushed Washington toward war with Spain that spring. By December, Spain had agreed in the Treaty of Paris to give up its claim to Cuba, and American troops soon occupied the city.
| Created / published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Creator | smith, r. a. c. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Cuba |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,004 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of Havana, showing the entrance to the harbor and inner harbor; taken from Cabanas Fortress showing Morro Castle on the extreme right-hand |
| Reference | CUBA Havana, 1898 |
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