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Mounted Photograph of Cólon Cemetery Bone Pile. Havana, Cuba: ca. 1898. Black-and-white photograph mounted on cardstock depicts a figure (likely a soldier) posing on top of the bone pile.
7 x 9".
The bone pile was a 19th-century ossuary with around 200,000 sets of remains. Families rented burial plots, and when leases were unpaid or space filled up, the bones were moved to the 30-foot-deep pile. After the Spanish-American War, soldiers viewed the site as a curiosity, taking photos and bones as souvenirs.
Photograph with minor surface dirt and abrasions.
Mount with wear and abrasions. Bottom left corner torn and missing.
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