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Cuba, Havana, the convention hall of the Plaza Hotel, located on the roof / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba. – Historic Photograph Print

Cuba, Havana, the convention hall of the Plaza Hotel, located on the roof / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba., [between 1920 and 1950] — historic photograph
Cuba, Havana, the convention hall of the Plaza Hotel, located on the roof / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba., [between 1920 and 1950]. 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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Cuba, Havana, the convention hall of the Plaza Hotel, located on the roof / American Photo Studios, Havana, Cuba.

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A rooftop convention hall at the Plaza Hotel in Havana is the subject here, a setting that suggests the hotel wanted to host meetings and banquets with open air and city views. The Plaza was one of the large hotels in central Havana during the 1920s and 1940s, when the city drew American and Latin American travelers for business and tourism. The print comes from the Pan American Union collection, which gathered images of member nations for promoting regional commerce and diplomacy. It was made by American Photo Studios of Havana, so the picture also records the commercial photography trade that served the city's hotels and businesses.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1950.
NotesPan American Union collection. No. P30208.
SubjectsHotels & taverns--Cuba--Havana--1920-1950. Conference rooms--Cuba--Havana--1920-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,238 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168035

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