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Winter racing, Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba – Historic Reproduction

Winter racing, Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba — vintage poster
Winter racing, Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba. Vintage poster 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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This rare vintage poster captures Winter racing, Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Winter racing, Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba

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Oriental Park, the racetrack in Havana's Marianao district, is the setting for this color lithograph, which the Compañía Litográfica de la Habana printed around 1937. Its title, "Winter racing," points to the season when American and other visitors traveled south to Cuba's warm weather, races, and casino. Havana was a popular winter destination in the 1930s, and posters like this one were meant to draw travelers into that mix of sport, gambling, and resort leisure. Because it pairs horse racing with casino life, it shows how the island presented itself to foreign tourists in the years before the Second World War.

Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 58 x 36.5 cm.
NotesHavana : Compañia Litografica de la Habana, [1937]
SubjectsHorse racing--Cuba--Havana--1930-1940. Casinos--Cuba--Havana--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,908 × 6,106 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225900

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