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[Exterior of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba] – Antique Print

[Exterior of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba], [between 1935 and 1947] — historic photograph
[Exterior of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba], [between 1935 and 1947]. 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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Step back in time with [Exterior of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Exterior of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba]

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The building in this view is the Capitolio Nacional, the domed seat of Cuba's congress, which rose on Havana's Paseo del Prado in the late 1920s and opened in 1929. Its architecture deliberately echoes the United States Capitol in Washington, a reflection of the republic's close ties to American political and architectural models. Photographs from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, the period this print likely dates to, show the building as a symbol of national government at a time when Havana was growing into a major Caribbean city.

Created / published[between 1935 and 1947]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1950.
NotesArchive of Hispanic Culture Collection.
SubjectsCapitols--Cuba--Havana--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,055 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168006

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