Typical Spanish soldiers--leaving Cienfuegos, Cuba, for Spain – Historic Print
(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 Typical Spanish soldiers--leaving Cienfuegos, Cuba, for Spain in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Typical Spanish soldiers--leaving Cienfuegos, Cuba, for Spain
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Cienfuegos, a port on Cuba's southern coast, is the setting here, and the card shows Spanish soldiers preparing to leave the island for Spain. Spain lost Cuba after the Spanish-American War of 1898, and the Treaty of Paris that December ended Spanish rule there, so withdrawing troops were a common sight in the months that followed. Strohmeyer & Wyman, a New York firm, published the stereograph in 1899 for viewing through a stereoscope, which gave American audiences a close look at a moment of the war's aftermath.
| Created / published | New York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, 1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1890-1900.Portrait photographs 1890-1900.Stereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 29510 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--Cuba--Cienfuegos--1890-1900. Military uniforms--Spanish--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,323 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183733 |
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