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Postcards of Cuba

In our Cuban postcard collection we have approximately 800 items dating from 1900 to 1950. Postcards provide insights into the development of tourism, architecture, and transportation. They also serve as a visual record of social customs from the past.

Typical colonial patio, Camagüey, Cuba
Isle of Pines - homestead of Mayor Sadon. Nueva Gerona = Isla de Pinos
Torre Iznaga, Trinidad = Iznaga Tower, Trinidad
Viñales Valley, Pinar del Rio: situated 110 miles from Havana.

Minas de Matahambre. Prov. Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Cienfuegos. Punta Gorda
A Cuban veranda = Corredor de una casa cubana, Habana
Sugar lighters on the San Juan River = Lanchas de azúcar en el Rio San Juan, Matanzas, Cuba

Street in Santa Fe, Isle of Pines
Yumuri Valley = Valle del Yumuri, Matanzas, Cuba
Cathedral. Santiago de Cuba
A street in Santiago de Cuba

Habana : patio cubano = Cuban patio
Arroyo Apolo road, Havana
Habana : Parque Central por Zulueta = Central Park & Zulueta Ave.
Tacon Market, Havana, Cuba

Habana : Calle San Rafael = San Rafael Street
A Habana tenement = Ciudadela
Camagüey : Estación del ferro-carril = Railway Station