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A Bird's-eye view of Havana. A bird's-eye view of the waterfront at Havana, Cuba, made by a Naval aviator skimming the skies above Cuba's capital. The view shown here is looking northwest along the waterfront and business district – Historic Map Reproduction

A Bird's-eye view of Havana. A bird's-eye view of the waterfront at Havana, Cuba, made by a Naval aviator skimming the skies above Cuba's capital. The view shown here is looking northwest along the waterfront and business district, [192-] Aug. 31. — historic photograph
A Bird's-eye view of Havana. A bird's-eye view of the waterfront at Havana, Cuba, made by a Naval aviator skimming the skies above Cuba's capital. The view shown here is looking northwest along the waterfront and business district, [192-] Aug. 31.. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(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 A Bird's-eye view of Havana. A bird's-eye view of the waterfront at Havana, Cuba, made by a Naval aviator skimming the skies above Cuba's capital. The view shown here is looking northwest along the waterfront and business district. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A Bird's-eye view of Havana. A bird's-eye view of the waterfront at Havana, Cuba, made by a Naval aviator skimming the skies above Cuba's capital. The view shown here is looking northwest along the waterfront and business district

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Taken from the air by a Naval aviator, this view looks northwest along Havana's waterfront and business district, so the city's harbor edge and dense street grid spread out below the camera. Aerial photography was still new in the 1920s, and naval flyers were among the first to use planes to map coastlines and port cities like this one. The picture shows how Havana's commercial core met the sea, a relationship that shaped the city's trade and daily life for centuries. Its date, late August in the 1920s, places it during a period of heavy American commercial and naval interest in the Caribbean.

Created / published[192-] Aug. 31.
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenreAerial photographs 1920-1930.Photographic.prints 1920-1930.
NotesNo. 57345 RU.
SubjectsWaterfronts--Cuba--Havana--1920-1930. Havana (Cuba)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,099 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167658

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