Casino, Habana, Cuba – Vintage Print
![Casino, Habana, Cuba, [1937?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7b/7b5d25b5f7c0-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Casino, Habana, Cuba. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Casino, Habana, Cuba
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This print is one of the few in the set that names a specific building type in Havana, a casino, and its catalog number (No. 355) marks it as part of the Pan American Union's photographic holdings. In Cuba the word often referred to a private members' social club, where families gathered for dinners, dances, and card games, though it could also mean a gambling hall. The record dates the print to about 1937, when Havana was a busy destination for American tourists and its public buildings mixed Spanish colonial roots with newer styles. The Pan American Union gathered images like this to show the cities of the Americas to a wider public.
| Created / published | [1937?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | No. 355. Pan American Union collection. |
| Subjects | Casinos--Cuba--Havana--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,304 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178411 |
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