Photos of Cuba During the Spanish-American War Era (1898)

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Click on an image to enlarge it. 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.  Each image is accompanied by a thorough description.  Please note that several of the captures use archaic Spanish spelling (e.g., "La Puenta" for "La Punta").

	Spanish Earthworks and Wire Trocha		Peace Hath Her Victories		Scene of the Battle at La Guasimas		La Puenta Fortress		Interior of Atares Castle

	Turret and Powder Magazine, Atares Castle		Surrender Tree		Tomb of Christopher Columbus		Havana's Imperial Road		Squad of Havana Volunteers

	Plaza and Christopher Columbus Monument in Cardenas, Cuba		Field Before Atares		Cuban Cockfight		Fisherman and Quarters near Batabano		El Templete

	Street Scene in Guanabacoa		Scene at Suburban Town of Quemado		Harvesting Sponges at Batabano		Greek Sponge Fishers, Batabano, Cuba		Sixth Missouri Volunteers

	Residence of the Alcalde of Nueva Gerona, Cuba		Native Wood-turner's Shop in Santa Fe, Cuba		Residence of Former Alcalde at Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba		Native Huts near Santa Fe		Publisher's Preface

	Type of Spanish Blockhouse		Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906)		Havana Policeman		Hangman's Tree		Peddler and His Outfit

	Inn at Santa Fe		Havana Public School		Coasting Vessels Moored in Vicinity of Old Pirates' Rendezvous, Isle of Pines		Street Scene in Marianao, Cuba		Tenth Infantry of the U.S. Army of Occupation in Havana, Cuba

	Cuban Insurgents		Unloading Coffee for Transport		Desolate Home		Insurgent Officers		Cabanas Fortress

	American Soldiers Resting in a Cuban Village		Wreck of the U.S.S. Maine		Spanish Cavalry		Court of a Spanish Gentleman's Residence at Havana, Cuba		Bathing Pools near La Puente

	Cuban Coffee Planter		Governor-General's Palace in Havana, Cuba		U.S.S. Maine Wreckage		Cathedral of Havana		Evangelina Betancourt Cisneros

	Morro Castle		Insurgent Camp in the Vicinity of the Lopez Rendezvous		Cuban Ox Cart		Atares Castle, Havana		Custom House at Havana

	Falucas, or Pleasure Boats, in Havana Harbor		Col. Hardeman and Staff, 6th Missouri Volunteers		Auditorium of Tacon Theatre		Recojidas Jail, Havana		Street Adjacent to Recojidas Jail

	Dungeon Under Atares Castle		Puentes Grandes, a Suburb of Havana		Street Scene in Cerro, Suburbs of Havana		Teaming on the Imperial Road near Havana		Juvenile Types, Suburbs of Havana

	Scene at Batabano, South Coast of Havana Province, Cuba		Head Waters of the Rio Almendares		Ancient Chatalet on the Almendares River		Sponge Fishing Fleet in the Harbor of Batabano		Where the Heroes of the Maine Lie Buried

	Suburban Railway Service of Havana		View of the Cuban Interior near the Mountains		Cemetery in the Suburbs of Havana, Cuba		Interior Court of Jail at Nueva Gerona		Fisher Folk and Their Homes at Batabano

	Exterior of Jail at Nueva Gerona		Ruins of a Spanish Fort at Nueva Gerona		Manufacturing a New Plow		Early Home of Evangelina Cisneros, Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud), Cuba		Birdseye View of Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud), Cuba

	Cart Pulled by a Pair of Oxen		Suburban Habitations and Native Types, Santa Fe, Isla de la Juventud		Portion of Santa Fe, Isla de la Juventud		American Army of Occupation Entering the Suburbs of Havana		Natives Coaching Their Game Birds

	Bridge Across the Santa Fe River, Isle of Pines		Votaries of the Cockpit		Native Baker on His Rounds		The Prado, Havana, Cuba		A Carib "Auntie," Isle of Pines

	Indian Statue in Havana, Cuba		Magnesium Spring near Santa Fe, Cuba		Famous Magnesium Creek, near Santa Fe		Greek Fishing Boat, off Isla de la Juventud		Native of Santa Fe

	A Typical Santa Fe Residence		Bahia del Cerro (Bay of the Hills)		Native Charcoal Vendor		Buccaneers' Cove, Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud)		Custom House at Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines

	Noonday in a Havana Suburb		Ox-cart and Group of Natives in Outskirts of Marianao, Cuba		Sugar Mill and Employees near Havana		Police Holdover, or Common Jail, in Havana		A Cuban Volante

	Stone Bridge Across the Almendares		Docks at Havana		Interior of a Cuban Cigar-Cigarette Factory