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Circa 1904. "Havana, Cuba -- Calle Galleano." Where ropa y sederia beckon at The Big Store. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The tower with the cupola, seen in the distance, seems to be "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Monserrate" (Church of Our Lady of Monserrate). The facade containing this tower is set back from the edge of Calle Galleano, which proceeds past the church about 7 more blocks to the Straits of Florida (Gulf of Mexico).
Like Cincinnati and a few other places, Habana tramways used double overhead wires like a trackless trolley.
So did the store eventually develop a superiority complex? (I'm always suspicious of buildings that seem to exist only in postcards). Later it became a Woolworth's
and still remains standing, towerless, occupied by "'Variedades Galiano' , a government owned shop that sells cheap prepared foods to locals in National Currency." Those seeking sederia need apply elsewhere.
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