These vintage photos below are rare found slides that captured everyday life of Cuba in the 1950s.
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Cuban children seated outdoors |
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Cuban children stand front of their house |
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Cuban family in front of blue and white house with thatched roof |
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Equestrian statue in park, Havana, Cuba |
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Flamboyan, palms, thatched, tiled houses |
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Freight leaving La Isabela, Cuba, 1956 |
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Group of children in field, horse grazing |
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Home in cane field, Cuba |
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Horse drawn taxis parked by plaza, Casanova store, Sagua La Grande |
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House in Sagua la Grande, Cuba |
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House with thatched roof, painted blue and white |
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Houses with thatched roofs, white horse grazing |
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Loading sugarcane near Ramona or Humagea, Cuba, 1956 |
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Ox cart with caterpillar treads in back |
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Ox team pulling large wooden barrel |
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Oxen pulling large wagon load of sugarcane |
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Palm grove, Mamey, Cuba |
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Palms and flamboyan trees by house in Cuba |
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Pilings at water's edge |
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Sea port town, La Isabela, Cuba, 1956 |
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Street scene in Santiago de Cuba |
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Street scene, Santiago de Cuba |
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Streets in Santa Clara, Cuba |
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Streets in Santa Clara, Cuba |
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Taxis waiting in the shade, Sagua la Grande, 1956 |
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Train load of sugarcane |
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Trolley with Canada Dry sign in Santiago de Cuba |
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Truckload of bananas |
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Two houses on ocean front, sailboat in Isabela de Sagua |
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View of city in Cuba by a bay |
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Waiting to unload at sugar central |
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White horse with saddle pulling cart loaded with sacks in Santiago de Cuba |
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A typical Cuban school |
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Boy and woman drawing water from well |
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Building with flowers over doorway |
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Bus converted into tram car on train tracks |
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Caritas in Rancho Veloz, Cuba, 1956 |
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Casita in Mamey, Cuba, 1956 |
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Casita in Rancho Veloz, Cuba, 1956 |
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Children, laundry in houses built over water |
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Cienfuegos, city by the sea |
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City harbor with passenger ferry approaching |
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Couple and child in front of thatched building |