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A group of typical Cuban Negros, near Havana – Historic Print

A group of typical Cuban Negros, near Havana, c1899. — historic photograph
A group of typical Cuban Negros, near Havana, c1899.. 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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A stereograph titled as a group of "typical Cuban Negros" near Havana, this card reflects the racial stereotyping common in commercial views of the period, and its caption wording should be read in that light. The record's cemetery tag is unverified, so the setting is best treated with caution. Strohmeyer & Wyman, a New York firm, issued such cards around 1899, when American interest in Cuba was high after the Spanish-American War and stereoviews brought distant places into parlors. Its aim was to present a type rather than document named individuals.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsStereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death--Cemeteries; Women--Misc.; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 781 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141166

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