Casa de la Cruz Verde, Calle Amargura y Calle Mercaderes – Historic Reproduction
![Casa de la Cruz Verde, Calle Amargura y Calle Mercaderes, [between 1935 and 1947] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7e/7e7179bd50bb-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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Casa de la Cruz Verde, Calle Amargura y Calle Mercaderes
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Few corners in Old Havana carry a name as specific as the Casa de la Cruz Verde, which stands where Calle Amargura meets Calle Mercaderes. The name refers to a green cross, a sign long associated with pharmacies, so the building's identity is tied to the trade it once housed. Photographs like this one, taken between the mid-1930s and the mid-1940s, record the colonial streetscape of Havana as commerce and daily life moved through it. The Historic Core, with its narrow streets and stone façades, has since been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which gives this view added value as a record of the city before later changes.
| Created / published | [between 1935 and 1947] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Archive of Hispanic Culture Collection. |
| Subjects | Business enterprises--Cuba--Havana--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168014 |
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