Cuban Photograph Collections - Cuban Heritage Collection


The Cuban Photograph Collections include over 5,000 photographs which span a wide range of historical topics related to Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora. We invite you to search and browse each of the collections separately or to search across all collections using the search below.

Image: Group of the University of Havana 1897 graduating class including the first three women graduates. From the Jorge Núñez Bengochea Photograph Collection.

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The Cuban Photograph Collection

Spans a wide range of topics related to Cuba and the Cuban diaspora. Highlights include historical images from the War of Independence against Spain (1895-1898), and photochroms important to the history of photography taken in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War by renowned American photographer William Jackson

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The Cuban Photograph Album Collection

Contains primarily travel and family photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Rosa Abella Photograph Collection

Donated by CHC pioneer Rosa Abella, this collection consists mainly of collectible reproductions of Cuban emblems and calendar cards of revolutionary figures.

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Jorge Aguayo Photograph Collection

Photographs of the School of Library Sciences of the University of Havana, Cuba.

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Marcelino Amador Photograph Collection

Photos of race car driver Marcelino Amador, many at Oriental Park Racetrack in Marianao, Cuba.

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Rosa Corpión Photograph Collection

Photographs of a 1965 event of the Comité Católico Cubano (Cuban Catholic Committee) in Dallas, Texas.

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Cuban Medical Photograph Collection

Photographs of Cuban hospitals as well as portraits of important figures in Cuban medicine such as Carlos J. Finlay.

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Georgina Golik Photograph Collection

Views of Havana and Marianao taken in 1988. Donated by Richter Library employee Georgina Golik.

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María Gómez Carbonell Photograph Collection

Contains 19th century portraits and group photographs of important Cuban figures, mainly related to the Cuban War of Independence, including "Mambises a la carga." Donated by educator and founder of Cruzada Educativa Cubana María Gómez Carbonell.

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William González Photograph Collection

Views of various places in the Havana and Matanzas provinces, including some aerial views.

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Bernard Iglesias Photograph Collection

Portraits and group photographs of Cuban exile personalities primarily from the business sector. Donated by Zoe Blanco Roca.

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J. Lipscomb Photograph Collection

Photographic reproductions of paintings of the city and harbor of Havana by famed artist Frédéric Mialhe, 1810-1881.

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Jorge Nuñez Bengochea Photograph Collection

Photographs of buildings and late 19th century graduating classes of the University of Havana. Donated by Cuban exile librarian and poet Ana Rosa Núñez.

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Arva Moore Parks Photograph Collection

Images of Cuban exile owned restaurants, stores and other businesses in Miami in the 1960's.

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Georgina Portuondo Photograph Collection

Photographs of the construction and dedication of the Memorial bust of José Martí in Port Chester, New York.

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Valentín Rivas Photograph Collection

Circa 1900 photographs of streets, fortifications and other Havana sites.

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Jim Robinson Photograph Collection

Photographic reproductions of magazine covers and popular Cuban product advertisements, taken from the holdings of CHC periodicals.

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Sunny Storm Photograph Collection

Two interiors of artist Amelia Pélaez's residence in Havana. Donated by librarian Rosa Abella.

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Toy Moon Photograph Collection

Photographs on a variety of subjects ranging from buildings and monuments to street vendors and musicians. Donated by the Toy Moon LLC Company.

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