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A country store, Cuba – Antique Wall Art

A country store, Cuba, [between 1895 and 1920] — historic photograph
A country store, Cuba, [between 1895 and 1920]. 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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A rural general store in Cuba is the subject here, and it comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank Carpenter was a journalist and travel writer whose newspaper letters and geography readers introduced American audiences to countries around the world. The print is undated beyond a span of roughly 1895 to 1920, a period that includes the Spanish-American War and the American involvement on the island that followed. Stores like this one served farming communities by supplying staples and everyday goods, so the scene shows ordinary commerce rather than the grand cities that travel photography often favored.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1920.
SubjectsNo. 337. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Stores; Cuba -- Misc. -- ca. 1895-1920; Geogr.; Shelf; Cuba.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139797

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