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Calle Acosta, a bit of Havana, Cuba – Vintage Print

Calle Acosta, a bit of Havana, Cuba, c1906. — historic photograph
Calle Acosta, a bit of Havana, Cuba, c1906.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Calle Acosta, a bit of Havana, Cuba

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The sign on the arch reads "El Arco de Belén," and the lettering above a shop reads "Agencia de Mundazas Acosta," which places this view on Calle Acosta in Havana's older quarter, where a stone arch spanned the street near the Belén church. The picture dates to about 1906, a few years after the Spanish-American War and the start of the Cuban republic, when American photographers and publishers were eager to document the island. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 5 by 7 inch glass negative and catalogued it as no. 9439, sold such street scenes as postcards and prints. Its shopfronts and hanging signs offer a useful record of the city's commercial life at the time.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesAgencia de Mundazas Acosta el arco de Belen" on arch. "K-3" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 9439. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreets. Arches. Commercial facilities.Cuba--Havana.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 718 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-76686

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