Un mulo de la Habana – Historic Print
(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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This rare historic print captures Un mulo de la Habana in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Un mulo de la Habana
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A mule harnessed to a cart stands in a Havana street in this hand-colored-looking view, with the animal and its load as the clear focus. Around 1900, mule-drawn carts and wagons were a common sight in Cuba's capital, hauling goods through the city's streets well before motor vehicles became widespread. The image is a photochrom, a color process that layered several printing stones to reproduce a photograph in full color. It was issued by the Detroit Photographic Company, which sold such prints of places around the world as travel souvenirs and illustrations.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color 1900. |
| Notes | D17197 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 53499. |
| Subjects | Mules--Cuba--Havana--1900. Carts & wagons--Cuba--Havana--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,642 × 3,747 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221778 |
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