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Key West, Florida, 1912 – Vintage Wall Art

Key West, Florida, 1912, 1912 — historic image
Key West, Florida, 1912, 1912. Historic image from the Panoramic Photos collection.

(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 image captures Key West, Florida, 1912 in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Key West, Florida, 1912

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Key West in 1912 was a small island city whose politics and memory still reached back to Cuba and to the Spanish-American War. Cuban exiles had long lived and organized here, and José Martí had worked with the community in the 1890s to support Cuba's independence movement. Many residents still remembered the spring of 1898, when Navy ships and troops gathered at the island before sailing for Cuba. The waterfront and close-set rooftops in this view reflect a town that depended on its harbor, Bahamian sponge divers, and the Navy, and that had rebuilt its commercial district after a serious fire in 1886.

Created / published1912
NotesPanoramic photograph.
SubjectsPanoramic photographs--Florida
Original scan4,977 × 816 px · prints to 17 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceFL Key West 1912

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