| Photos of Cuba: Spanish-American War Era (1898) |
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| These antique photographic images are of Cuba, Cubans, the Cuban landscape, and the U.S. military occupation of the country as a result of the Spanish-American War of 1898. The images come from the massive 1899 two-volume set Our Islands and Their People. The photographs are simply stunning and incredibly rare. |
| A squad of Havana volunteers, circa 1898. |
Click to enlarge.| THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE: Characteristic scene at a Cuban cockfight. The fowls are in nowise restricted as to space, and the battle often ends miles away from the point of commencement, with the eager crowd in attendance to the last. |
Click to enlarge.| SCENE ON THE IMPERIAL ROAD, SUBURBS OF HAVANA: This photograph was taken in the outskirts of Marianao, and represents natives on their way to the fields to test the powers of their respective game birds. |
Click to enlarge.| SQUAD OF HAVANA VOLUNTEERS: Types of the notorious military organization which, during the latter part of the Spanish regime, controlled and terrorized the city and suburbs of Havana. |
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