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Carrying tobacco in Cuba – Historic Print

Carrying tobacco in Cuba, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph
Carrying tobacco in Cuba, [between 1890 and 1923]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Carrying tobacco in Cuba in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Carrying tobacco in Cuba

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Carrying tobacco in Cuba shows a worker moving harvested leaf, the commodity that gave the island one of its most famous exports. Cuban tobacco had been prized abroad since the nineteenth century, and the leaf was typically gathered, bundled and transported by hand or by cart before curing and rolling. The picture comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, assembled by the American writer and photographer team who traveled widely and documented daily life around the world in the decades around 1900. Its date range, between 1890 and 1923, places it in the years when Cuba's tobacco trade was closely tied to American markets.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1923]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Cuba. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-113883

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