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Guerra de Independencia de Cuba (1895-1898) – Historic Reproduction

Guerra de Independencia de Cuba (1895-1898), [ca. 1910] — vintage postcard
Guerra de Independencia de Cuba (1895-1898), [ca. 1910]. Vintage postcard 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 vintage postcard captures Guerra de Independencia de Cuba (1895-1898) in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Guerra de Independencia de Cuba (1895-1898)

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The man named in this record is Luis Rodolfo Miranda, listed as a flag bearer in Santiago de Cuba during the island's war against Spanish rule. The card belongs to a folder titled *Recuerdos de la Manigua*, or *Memories of the Wild Countryside*, a phrase that recalls the dense scrub where insurgent troops fought between 1895 and 1898. Printed around 1910, after the Cuban republic was established in 1902, such cards helped keep the war's veterans and national symbols in public view. Its Spanish caption reflects the card's original Cuban audience.

Created / published[ca. 1910]
Medium1 photomechanical print (postcard)
GenrePostcards 1910.Photomechanical prints 1910.
NotesPostcard in folder: Recuerdos de la Manigua, 1895-1898. Captioned in Spanish.
SubjectsMiranda, Luis Rodolfo--Military service. Flag bearers--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba--1890-1900. Flags--Cuban--1890-1900. Cuba--History--Revolution, 1895-1898--Campaigns & battles.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178388

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