February fiestas in Havana. January 30 to February 28, 1937 / Rumba" poster by Enrique Caravia." – Antique Poster 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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February fiestas in Havana. January 30 to February 28, 1937 / Rumba" poster by Enrique Caravia." comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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February fiestas in Havana. January 30 to February 28, 1937 / Rumba" poster by Enrique Caravia."
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Few posters from the 1930s put a dance at the center of a city's festival the way this one does: its title promotes a "Rumba" alongside the February fiestas in Havana, which ran from January 30 to February 28, 1937. Enrique Caravia designed the color lithograph, which the Cia. Litografica de la Habana printed in Havana. Rumba, an Afro-Cuban dance and music tradition, had become a symbol of the island's popular culture by the 1930s, and the city's carnival season was a major public celebration. The poster shows how commercial printing helped turn that street culture into an advertised attraction.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 96 x 64 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Havana : Cia. Litografica de la Habana, [1937] |
| Subjects | Carnival--Cuba--Havana--1930-1940. Dance--Cuba--Havana--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,919 × 6,100 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225905 |
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