World War I Era Havana Photographs Showing Rural Cuban Life, Harbor Views, and American Military Presence
Polk, George Washington Jr., Havana and rural Cuba photo archive, 1915, documents Cuba through the viewpoint of an American military traveler during the Platt Amendment era, when U.S. power shaped Cuban sovereignty, port security, naval access, and commercial movement. The photographs record ships in Havana Harbor, coastal fortifications, rural dwellings.....