The last vessel that entered Havana Harbor before the Spanish colors were lowered [and view of Morro Castle] – Antique Photo Print
![The last vessel that entered Havana Harbor before the Spanish colors were lowered [and view of Morro Castle], 1899 Jan 1. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/638eeef4a26a-L.webp)
(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 historic photograph captures The last vessel that entered Havana Harbor before the Spanish colors were lowered [and view of Morro Castle] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The last vessel that entered Havana Harbor before the Spanish colors were lowered [and view of Morro Castle]
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The title points to a ship that entered Havana Harbor just before Spanish colors came down, and the view takes in Morro Castle, the fortress that has guarded the harbor entrance since the 16th century. The date, Jan. 1, 1899, marks the formal end of Spanish rule in Cuba after the Spanish-American War, when the United States took over administration of the island. The photograph was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American and foreign places for travel sales in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Its caption card is unverified, so the exact vessel and moment are best read as the photographer's account of a symbolic handover.
| Created / published | 1899 Jan 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cuba--Havana; US Hist.--War of 1898; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,227 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139870 |
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