Calle de Habana, Habana – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Calle de Habana, Habana. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Calle de Habana, Habana
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A shop sign reading "Bazar Ingles" hangs at the center of this view of a Havana street, a small detail that hints at the mix of Spanish and English trade in the city around 1900. The color comes from the photochrom process, a Swiss method that the Detroit Photographic Company adopted in the United States. It printed several layers from stone plates to give photographs a painted look, which made it popular for tourist views. Havana was then under United States military administration after the Spanish-American War, when American visitors and merchants were becoming a visible presence on its commercial streets. The print comes from an album the company kept in its office as a reference catalog.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53501. Sign in center: Bazar Ingles. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955. |
| Subjects | Streets.Cuba--Havana. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,012 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219525 |
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