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[Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana] – Vintage Print

[Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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A window into the past: [Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A heap of human bones lies in the open at the Necropolis Cristobal Colon in Havana, one of the largest cemeteries in the Americas, which opened in 1871. Havana's cemeteries reused burial space, so remains were commonly removed from older graves and gathered into ossuaries once a tomb's lease ran out. The Detroit Publishing Company, known for its travel views, made this glass negative sometime between 1895 and 1910, when Cuba moved from Spanish rule to American influence. The blunt subject makes it an unusual record of the cemetery's everyday practices.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. 1591" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32428. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCemeteries. Bones.Cuba--Havana.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan835 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66033

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