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Vista general de la Habana

20040 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Monumento a los Bomberos, Habana

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El parapeto de la Cabana, Habana

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Palacio del Gobierno General, Habana

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The milkman El Lechero, Habana, Cuba.

Y36533 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 12016a.

Muelle San Francisco, Havana, Cuba

Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Title on inventory list: Muelle San Francisco, Havana. Similar image (LC-D4-17678). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54114". Forms part of: Photochrom Prin... more

U.S.S. Montana entering Havana Harbour, 4-11-10

Photograph taken from Castillo de La Punta, Castillo del Morro visible on other side of channel. J140705 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; ... more

Departure, S.S. Chalmette from Havana Harbor

J158095 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; July 26, 1911.

S.S. Victorio Louise [sic] entering Havana Harbour

J170152 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. Name on side of ship is Victoria Luise. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; June 10, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44465.

Centro Gallego, was a Galician social club in 1914. The National Balle...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Centro Gallego, was a Galician social club in 1914. The National Balle...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Centro Gallego, was a Galician social club in 1914. The National Balle...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

The lion statues on the Prado Promenade, Havana, Cuba

The lion statues were brought by Carlos Miguel de Caspedes from London in 1920. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Cong... more

Lion statues on the Prado Promenade in Havana, Cuba

The lion statues were brought to Cuba by Carlos Miguel de Caspedes from London in 1920. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library... more

The Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba

The Hotel Nacional was inaugurated the evening of December 30, 1930. After 60 years of operation by its American owner, the Cuban government took over the building paying not a cent. Title, date, subject note, ... more

. Fritz Gordon, Al Capone and Mayor of Havana, Julio Morales - Cuba

Local call number: we282...Title: J. Fritz Gordon, Al Capone and Mayor of Havana, Julio Morales - Cuba...Date: 1930...Physical descrip: 1 postcard - b&w - 9 x 14 cm....Series Title: Joseph Wendler Collection ( ... more

Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba

The Hotel Nacional was inaugurated the evening of December 30, 1930. After 60 years of operation by its American owner, the Cuban government took over the building paying not a cent. Title, date, subject note, ... more

The Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba

The Hotel Nacional was inaugurated the evening of December 30, 1930. After 60 years of operation by its American owner, the Cuban government took over the building paying not a cent. Title, date, subject note, ... more

Flower vendor in Havana, Cuba

Local call number: JJS2156..Title: Flower vendor in Havana, Cuba..Date: ca. 1945..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 5 x 4 in...Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection ( http://floridamemory.com... more

Vintage cars are everywhere in the suburbs of Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Zapata Street in Chinatown, Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Street vendor and patrons: Havana, Cuba

Local call number: JJS0971..Title: Street vendor and patrons: Havana, Cuba..Date: ca. 1950..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 5 x 4 in...Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection ( http://florida... more

Vintage car and telephone pods in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Havana - Chancery Office Building - 1988

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: R 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Havana - Chancery Office Building - 1988

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: R 1001 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

A view of the memorial to the battleship USS MAINE (BB-2). The memoria...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington National Cemetery State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery Release Status... more

Murals painted on a building on Dragones Street, in the Chinatown sect...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar, Havana, Cuba

The second largest church in Cuba. It was begun in 1948 and completed in 1053. The murals were painted by Spanish painter, Cesareo Marciano Hombrados y de Onativia (1909-1977). Title, date, subject note, and k... more

Façades and details in residential neighborhoods in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Detail of Morro Castle with view of Havana, Cuba, in background

Morro Castle was built in 1589 when Cuba was under the control of Spain and was later captured by the British in 1762. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Caro... more

Typical small neighborhood street showing decay and stray dogs, Havana...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

View of Havana, Cuba, from El Morro fortress

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Architectural detail on a building in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Architectural detail on a building in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Work, one of two statues by Angelo Zanelli that flank El Capitolio in ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... more

Revolutionary billboard on Revolutionary Square in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-... more

Soccer field on the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

View of Havana, Cuba, from Morro Castle

Ernest Hemingway's boat in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Woman standing in the doorway in neighborhood in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Gas station next to hand painted revolutionary mural in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Bas relief details around the statue of José Martí located in the Parq...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Ernest Hemingway's home in Havana, Cuba

Hemingway left in 1960 and nothing has been changed. For 20 years Hemingway lived in this house. He wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and "The Old Man and the Sea" here. Title, date, subject note, and keywords p... more

View from Ernest Hemingway's house in Cojimar, Cuba

Mural painted on wall in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol... more

Hand painted revolutionary signs in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Old gas station in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Beautiful archway in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Street scene with vintage car in old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Modern architecture along the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Façades and details in residential neighborhoods in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Buildings on the Prado in front of the Capitol, Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... more

Small houses near the entrance of the Ernest Hemingway house in Havana...

A vintage car sits on a street in Old Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

View of Havana, Cuba, from Morro Castle

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Barrio Chino: Chinatown in the Caribbean, Havana, Cuba

Chinese have been a part of Cuba's history since at least 1847. Chinese Cubans are estimated at only about 500 today and Chinatown is only a few blocks in downtown Havana. Title, date, subject note, and keyword... more

Beautiful architectural details can still be found in mostly decaying ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

CDR signs are everywhere in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Beautiful architectural details can still be found in mostly decaying ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Vintage American car and other buildings on the del Prado, Palacio del...

Capitol, Havana, Cuba

The Havana Capitol was built from April 1, 1926-1929 and cost 17 million pesos Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congr... more

Clothes drying and historic decaying building are everywhere in Havana...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... more

Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Revolutionary signs at a bus stop right outside Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

[Giron building], Havana, Cuba

This 1967 tower by Antonio Quintana and Alberto Rodriguez ranks among the most sophisticated apartment complexes during the early revolutionary period. There are now frequent power failures and the elevator do... more

Hand painted José Martí murals can be found even on rooftops in Old Ha...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

CDR murals, Havana, Cuba

Hand painted CDR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) murals are everywhere in Havana, Cuba. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith A... more

Murals painted on a building on Dragones Street, in the Chinatown sect...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Interior of the Palacia del Segundo Cabo in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Neighborhood along the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... more

View of Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Dilapidated amusement park along the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Russian Embassy in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929, cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution in 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then the Ministry of Science, T... more

El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba

The Havana Capitol, built from April 1, 1926-1929, cost 17 million pesos. After the Revolution in 1959, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then the Ministry of Science, T... more

American vintage cars line up near the Havana, Cuba, Capitol and China...

Architectural details in the Camara de Representantes building in Hava...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Making sugar cane drinks at the restaurant at the Ernest Hemingway hom...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Casa de las Americas building in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Interior of home in Old Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba, guards the entrance to Havana bay

Architectural detail on building in Havana, Cuba

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

CDR murals, Havana, Cuba

Hand painted CDR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) murals are everywhere in Havana, Cuba. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith A... more

Ernest Hemingway's home in Havana, Cuba

Hemingway left in 1960 and nothing has been changed. For 20 years Hemingway lived in this house. He wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and "The Old Man and the Sea" here. Title, date, subject note, and keywords p... more

Necropolis de Colon, Havana, Cuba

Necropolis de Colon (Havana's Cemetery) has 131 years of history. Also known as Christopher Columbus Cemetery. It was built by Galician architect Calixto Areliano de Lorira y Cordoso. The first work in the ceme... more