Hotel Olimpo San Juans principal hotel--Hidden behind its garden of tropical trees and flowers on the Military Road Porto Rico – Antique Wall Art
(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 Hotel Olimpo San Juans principal hotel--Hidden behind its garden of tropical trees and flowers on the Military Road Porto Rico, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hotel Olimpo San Juans principal hotel--Hidden behind its garden of tropical trees and flowers on the Military Road Porto Rico
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Hotel Olimpo sits back from the road on the Military Road in San Juan, its façade largely hidden behind a garden of tropical trees and flowers, a detail that sets this card apart from many street views of the city. The stereograph dates to 1904, a few years after the United States took Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, when American publishers were eager to show the island to viewers at home. Ox teams and carts moving along the road show the working transport of the period, which still ran alongside the growing American presence in the capital.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H50154 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 7005. · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | Ox teams--Puerto Rico--San Juan--1900-1910. Carts & wagons--Puerto Rico--San Juan--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,262 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270416 |
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