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The Shell room, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba – Vintage Print

The Shell room, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. : Ingersoll View Company, 1903. — historic photograph
The Shell room, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. : Ingersoll View Company, 1903.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures The Shell room, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Shell room, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba

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The Shell room, a storeroom for artillery shells inside Morro Castle, sets this card apart from the fort's gun batteries and harbor views. Morro Castle was built from the late 1500s into the early 1600s to guard the entrance to Havana harbor against pirates and rival fleets. By 1903, when this stereograph was copyrighted, Cuba had passed from Spanish rule through U.S. military administration to independence in 1902. The card's two nearly identical photographs were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope to create a sense of depth.

Created / publishedSt. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. : Ingersoll View Company, 1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH38927 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B.1302. Copyright 1903 by T.W. Ingersoll.
SubjectsAmmunition--1900-1910. Forts & fortifications--Cuba--Havana--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,336 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183729

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