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A Workman in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana – Vintage Wall Art

A Workman in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana, [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
A Workman in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana, [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of A Workman in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A Workman in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana

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A laborer stands among bones in the Necropolis Cristóbal Colón, the large burial ground in Havana, in this glass-plate negative from roughly 1895 to 1910. The cemetery opened in 1871 and grew into one of the city's best-known sites, with elaborate family vaults and mausoleums lining its avenues. Its photographer belonged to the Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of places around the world in the years around 1900. The picture shows the unglamorous, physical side of maintaining a crowded cemetery in a tropical climate.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesX 94" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021569. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLaborers. Bones. Cemeteries.Cuba--Havana.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan798 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64628

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