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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

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

Wreck of the Maine, Havana - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A new and correct chart of the harbour of Havana on the island of Cuba...

Scale ca. 1:13,500. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1806 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A view of the harbour and city of the Havana, taken from Jesu del Mont...

Print showing a two-wheeled coach without horse, a saddled horse grazing nearby, two men sitting on the ground resting, and a woman approaching them; distant view over many palm trees of the harbor and city of ... More

A prospect of the Moro Castle taken within the entrance of the harbour...

Numbered within plate, upper right: 90, b. Transfer; Map Division; 1908? DCRM(G) example from GIHC no. 13

[Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana]

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[Raising the American flag on Morro Castle, Jan. 1, 1899]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Calle Emperador [i.e., Empedrado] and Cathedral, Havana, Cuba

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Raising the American flag on Morro Castle, Havana, at noon, Jan. 1, 18...

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An Havana cafe - Victorian era public domain image

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Raising of battleship Maine

Photograph shows men standing among the wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine after being raised from Havana harbor.

[The new Capitol, Havana, Cuba]

K119550 U.S. Copyright Office. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which inc... More

Modern apartment building in the Marimar section 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

Schools of Modern Dance and Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba

Former Havana Country Club golf course was built between 1960 and 1965 by famous Cuban architect Ricardo Porro. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Hi... More

Shopping mall 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 apartment building in the Miramar section 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

Small houses near the entrance of the Ernest Hemingway house 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

Camilo Cienfuegos, Fidel Castro's right-hand man and confident during ...

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

Palace of the Governor, Havana - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harbor from Cabanas, Havana, Cuba

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Buffalo Commerical Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 17, 1865.

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Georges Louis le Rouge - Havane. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:38,000. Appears in the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale. 1755. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1805 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... More

General view of the wrecked battleship Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba

No. 9078. Copyright 1898 by B.L. Shipley. Commentary about event on verso. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

General Fitzhugh Lee entering Havana at the head of his army, Jan. 1, ...

20973 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Superstructure of the Maine after her sinking, 1900]

Photograph shows a group of men standing on the wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine in Havana harbor; a small boat is next to wreckage.

O'Rielly [i.e. O'Reilly] Street, Havana

Photo probably taken from O'Reilly Street, looking down San Ignacio street towards the Cathedral--one tower is is visible at the end of the street. (Source: Roberto Duarte, 2013)

[Calle Galleano, Havana, Cuba] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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Harbor and Muelle Lus, Havana, Cuba

Bird's-eye view of ships at dock and in harbor. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Company. No. 017655.

Amoríos de Ana - gramophone disc, record label

Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior view of art at Palacio del Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

The Palacio del Centro Asturiano (Palace of the Asturian Center) was built in 1927 by the architect Manuel Bustos. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M.... More

Architectural detail, Palacio del Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

The Palacio del Centro Asturiano (Palace of the Asturian Center) was built in 1927 by the architect Manuel Bustos. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M.... 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

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

Library on Revolution Square, 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

José Martí statue in front of a school in Cojimar, 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

The Paifang (archway) to Chinatown, Havana, Cuba

The telephone building is the tall building in the background. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

Hand painted Revolutionary murals 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

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

Staircase in an old 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

The Malecón view 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

Pool, 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

Parapet of Cabanas Castle, Havana

Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of the city and harbour of the Havana.

Residences in El Vedado, Havana

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Boat landing beneath Cabanos [sic], Havana, Cuba

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Hip, hip, voilá - gramophone disc, record label

Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La cura de amor (Sangre de artista)

Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[San Francisco Church, Havana, Cuba, exterior]

K128561 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

CDR murals, Havana, Cuba - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

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

Soccer field on the Malecón in Havana, Cuba

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Machine Wharf (Government Wharf) Havana

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Morro Castle from Cabanas, Havana, Cuba

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Buffalo Commerical Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 17, 1865.

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Olivette, Plant S.S. line, Havana

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Heap of bones in the cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana]

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Funeral car, Havana, Cuba - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Calle Imperador [i.e. Empedrado], a bit of Old Havana, Cuba

Public domain photograph of historic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dúo del examen - gramophone disc, record label

Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calla jilguero - gramophone disc, record label

Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Clothes hang out on Virtudes Street 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

Interior of Bacardi Rum 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

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

Bacardi Rum building detail, Havana, Cuba

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View of Revolutionary Square in the distance on a wide street coming i...

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 José Martí Memorial on Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba

This memorial sits on the world's largest city square, measuring 72000 square meters. Fidel Castro has addressed more than a million Cubans from this memorial on important occasions such as May 1 and July 26. T... More

Clothes hang out to dry 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

Capitol dome peeks through the trees on the Prado 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

Panorama of Havana, Cuba. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

View overlooking harbor, sunken ship labeled "Maine". Copyright by Russell Bros., Anniston, Ala. No. 370.