{"product_id":"vintage-1940s-50s-colegio-nuestra-senora-del-rosario-havana-cuba-postcard","title":"Vintage 1940s–50s Colegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario Havana Cuba Postcard","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eVintage color linen postcard depicting the \u003cstrong\u003eColegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario\u003c\/strong\u003e, operated by the French Dominican Sisters in Vedado, Havana, Cuba.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLocated at \u003cstrong\u003eG and 13th Streets in Vedado\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Colegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario was a prominent private Catholic educational institution offering kindergarten, primary and secondary education as well as commercial, secretarial and language studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse identifies the school as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Colegio Ntra. Sra. del Rosario – Dominicas Francesas – G y 13, Vedado, Habana, Cuba.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced in the United States by \u003cstrong\u003eTichnor Quality Views \/ Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e, this attractive linen postcard preserves a view of the institution before the major political and educational changes that followed the Cuban Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French Dominican community associated with the school left Cuba in 1961, making the postcard an interesting surviving piece of pre-Revolution Cuban educational and religious history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApproximate date:\u003c\/strong\u003e c. 1940s–1950s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vedado, Havana, Cuba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstitution:\u003c\/strong\u003e Colegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReligious order:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dominicas Francesas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Color linen postcard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostally used:\u003c\/strong\u003e No\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good vintage condition with light age-related edge and corner wear and minor toning. Unused reverse with no writing or postal cancellation. Please examine the photographs for exact condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particularly interesting collectible for those interested in \u003cstrong\u003epre-Revolution Havana, Cuban schools, Catholic institutions, Vedado history and Cuban diaspora history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":".","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543516385523,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0847\/0675\/4803\/files\/70_23c898ed-fbf2-491c-b477-5fe2ef2fb7fe.jpg?v=1787841195","url":"https:\/\/collexcion.com\/products\/vintage-1940s-50s-colegio-nuestra-senora-del-rosario-havana-cuba-postcard","provider":"Collexcion ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}