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Delivering Cabanas Castle to American troops, Jan 1, 1899 – Vintage Wall Art

Delivering Cabanas Castle to American troops, Jan 1, 1899, [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
Delivering Cabanas Castle to American troops, Jan 1, 1899, [ca. 1900]. 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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A window into the past: Delivering Cabanas Castle to American troops, Jan 1, 1899, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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On January 1, 1899, the 18th-century fortress of Cabanas, which guards the entrance to Havana harbor, was handed over from Spanish to American control. The transfer followed Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Paris, which ended Spanish rule in Cuba. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for documenting places and events across the United States and abroad, recorded the scene on this 8 x 10 glass negative, which offers a rare view of the moment when the fort changed hands.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021549. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCastillo de San Carlos de la Cabana (Havana, Cuba) Surrenders. Military occupations. Soldiers--American. Forts & fortifications. Spanish-American War, 1898.Cuba--Havana.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 810 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64612

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