Vintage Cuba

This tumblr is dedicated to fashionable people in and from Cuba before the 1959 Revolution. If you have any pictures or videos you would like to contribute please do so by clicking on the "Submit your own" button. Enjoy!

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"Eight of Cuba's loveliest society girls gather in a Havana garden to compare notes on their new clothes, most of which come direct from Paris"

From LIFE Magazine - Feb 6, 1950

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Girl in the street. 1940s. Via here

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Celeste Mendoza - Cuban Vedette - 1950s

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Rosa at the market - Havana 1956

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Sally García at Hotel Rancho San Vicente, Pinar del Rio - 1959

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Celeste Mendoza and friends (1950s)

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Lilia Lazo - 1950s

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Olga Chorens & Tony Alvarez - (Radio Progreso Postcard) 1950s

Source: UM - Cuban Heritage Collection

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Margarita Balboa (Cuban Actress) 1950s

Source: UM - Cuban Heritage Collection

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Lolita Berrio (Cuban Actress) 1950s

Source: UM - Cuban Heritage Collection

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Gente Haciendo Nada (People doing nothing), ca 1947

Miramar Yacht Club

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Fiesta Guajira (Country folk theme party) circa 1951

Miramar Yacht Club

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Fiesta de Aniversario de la Inaguración del Club (Anniversary of Club Inauguration Party) circa 1952

Miramar Yacht Club

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Despedida de Soltera (Bachelorette Party) circa 1954

Miramar Yacht Club

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Fiesta de Debutantes (Debutante Ball) 1955

Miramar Yacht Club

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Celia Cruz - Pinar del Rio - ca. 1960

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Vedette Olga Chaviano

1950s

Source: UM - Cuban Heritage Collection