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[President Mario Menocal, of Cuba, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with his wife and son] – Vintage Wall Art

[President Mario Menocal, of Cuba, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with his wife and son], c1915. — historic photograph
[President Mario Menocal, of Cuba, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with his wife and son], c1915.. 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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Mario García Menocal, who served as president of Cuba from 1913 to 1921, sits for this full-length studio-style portrait alongside his wife and son. Menocal was a civil engineer and a veteran of the Cuban War of Independence against Spain, and his presidency came in the years when the island's sugar economy was booming during the First World War. Formal portraits like this one were a common way for Latin American leaders of the period to present themselves as dignified, stable family men. The picture also offers a glimpse of early twentieth-century presidential image-making, when photography was becoming central to political identity.

Created / publishedc1915.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1910-1920.Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ202106 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsGarcía Menocal, Mario,--1866-1941. Presidents--Cuba--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,270 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182621

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