Cuban laborers laying pipes in the streets of Santiago, Cuba – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Cuban laborers laying pipes in the streets of Santiago, Cuba, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Cuban laborers laying pipes in the streets of Santiago, Cuba
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Laborers laying water pipe in the streets of Santiago de Cuba make an unusual subject for a stereograph of the period, which more often showed monuments and scenic views. The card dates to about 1899, the year Spain's rule over Cuba ended after the Spanish-American War, and American publishers were then eager to show readers the island and its new circumstances. The stereo was copyrighted by R.Y. Young and issued by the American Stereoscopic Company, whose cards were widely sold for home viewing through a stereoscope. Its plain focus on manual work and infrastructure offers a glimpse of everyday urban improvement in a city that was then undergoing major change.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by R.Y. Young (American Stereoscopic Co.) This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geog.; Plumbing; Laborers. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 791 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148945 |
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