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Vegetable men, Havana, Cuba – Vintage Wall Art

Vegetable men, Havana, Cuba, c1904. — historic photograph
Vegetable men, Havana, Cuba, c1904.. 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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Step back in time with Vegetable men, Havana, Cuba, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Vegetable men, Havana, Cuba

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Two men with baskets of produce make this picture stand out from the many Havana street scenes on the board, since its subject is ordinary food sellers rather than architecture or monuments. The print comes from the Detroit Photographic Company, which issued a large run of stereo and mounted views of Cuba, Mexico and other places around 1900 to 1910, when American interest in the island was high following the Spanish-American War and the U.S. occupation that came after it. Street vendors like these carried fresh vegetables from farms outside the city into its crowded neighborhoods, and photographs of them offered American viewers a glimpse of everyday market life in a city that had recently become a focus of U.S. attention.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 09213.
SubjectsFood vendors--Cuba--Havana--1900-1910. Vegetables--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,201 × 4,179 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167602

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