| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
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 Overview
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| Administrative Information |
| Scope
and Content Note |
| Series
Descriptions |
| Container
List |
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Series I: Subject Files, n.d., 1890s-1990s (bulk dates 1900s-1930s) |
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Series II: Havana, n.d., 1900s-1999 (bulk dates 1910s-1930s) |
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Series III: Cities and Towns, n.d., 1900s-1990 (bulk dates
1900s-1920s) |
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Series IV: Provinces, n.d., 1906-1920s |
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Series V: Manuel R. Bustamante Papers, n.d., 1929-1999 (bulk
dates 1957-1958) |
| Related Materials |
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This
collection was digitized with funding from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. |
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Series
I, Subject Files, n.d., 1890s-1990s (bulk dates 1900s-1930s)
| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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1
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Animals,
n.d.
4 items (4 online) |
| 1
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1
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1669,
Stallion, mestizo, "Bedr Jr." B79, Sire, "Bedr" (Arabian);
Dam, native; Age 4 years., [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "Reproduction permitted
with Due Acknowledgement to Bur. Of Agriculture, P.I."
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| 1
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1
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733,
Bull, mestizo, Manila, Sire Zebu x Batanese cow;
note front half is Zebu type. Rear half of body is
"native" (sheath and rump). Forequarters resemble
sire (hump and dewlap)., [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "Reproduction permitted
with Due Acknowledgement to Bur. Of Agriculture, P.I."
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| 1
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1
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Burro
semental, Raza española, Importado de ? Alzada -
7 cuartas. Peso - 780 libras. Departamento de Zootecnia.
Jefe: Dr. Emilio L. Luaces, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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1
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Cattle:
Camagüey, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Aug. 15. Full page." Probably
used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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2
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Agriculture,
n.d., 1905-1920s
14 items (14 online) |
| 1
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2
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[Chickens
and rooster, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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American
wheel plough on Ceballos estate, Showing old Spanish
hocha blockhouse in background., [between 1900 and
1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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[Horse-drawn
plow, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1905]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used July 1923." This image
appeared in Munson Steamship Line's "The Cuba Review
and Bulletin" on page 7 in June 1905 with the following
caption: "This scene is what he sees very often now,
handsome teams and modern machinery, that do things
with the soil, undreamt of by him."
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| 1
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2
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Tilling
the soil, Man at oxen driven plough., [between 1900
and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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Cuban
plow in field, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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[Men
with ox cart, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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Typical
cane field, Jan. 1905
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "A fair sample of beautiful
farms which are for sale within a radius of 50 miles
from Havana. Farms like these m[u]st be sold to settle
up estates. Zetterlund is standing in the field."
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| 1
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2
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[Mechanical
plow in field, Cuba], 1919?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1919." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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2
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Una
antigua cisterna = An old cistern, [between 1900 and
1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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Stubble
plowing and harrowing with an Avery Tractor and "Self-Lift"
Plow, [between 1910 and 1940]
1 photograph
Note: "D8605" on recto.
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| 1
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2
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A
load of fodder - just arrived in town, [between 1910
and 1940]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "C. F. Potter, Jr." Possibly
used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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2
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Trinquibal
conduciendo una toza de caoba = Hauling mahogany near
Santiago, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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[Ox-drawn
plow in field, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1940]
1 photograph
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| 1
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2
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Arando
en el campo = [Plowing in the field], [between 1900
and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "Views of Matanzas and
Vicinity for Sale Here. Calisto Ruiz de Castro: Headquarters
PRK AK. Cameras and Photographic Suppliers of All
Kinds -- Matanzas."
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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4
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Citrus
Fruit Industry, n.d., 1919
5 items (5 online) |
| 1
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4
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A
citrus nursery, Consolación del Sur, Cuba, 1919?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1919." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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4
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[Ponderosa
lemon tree, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Bud 8 feet high, 6 feet
spread at 13 mos. old. Such is possible in Cuba, God's
own garden."
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| 1
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4
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[Ponderosa
lemon tree, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "3 year Ponderosa lemon from
cutting 50 fruits all ages."
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| 1
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4
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[Grapefruit
trees, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "One year grapefruit buds
on 3 year roots in nursery rows. Fruit now half grown."
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| 1
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4
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The
Buena Vista Fruit Company's Nursery, [between 1900
and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: No. 3
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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5
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Country
Life, n.d.
5 items (5 online) |
| 1
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5
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[Man
on horseback in front of bohio, Cuba], [between 1900
and 1905]
1 photograph
Note: This image appeared in Munson Steamship Line's
"The Cuba Review and Bulletin" on the cover in July
1905 with the following caption: "Cover illustration:
A turn in the road that winds down the Yumuri Valley,
Matanzas. A fountain, centuries old, near by yields
the traveler refreshing drink."
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| 1
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5
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Fine
highway cart and [royal poinciana] trees, [between
1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "From Cuban Camera Co.,
Obispo 96, Habana."
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| 1
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5
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[Waterfall,
Cuba], [between 1910 and 1940]
1 photograph
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| 1
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5
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[Group
in yard, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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5
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On
the Guamá Road, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana..
Notation on verso: "April Cover."
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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6
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Dwellings,
n.d., 1890s-1920s
19 items (19 online) |
| 1
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6
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[Couple
with a man in a hammock and a dog seated on the porch
of a Cuban home], [between 1898 and 1904]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Roof galvanized corrugated
iron; post of palmetto." This image appeared in Munson
Steamship Line's "The Cuba Bulletin" on the cover
in Nov. 1904.
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| 1
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6
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American
settlers house, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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[Interior
of a home in Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "R. E. Rodríguez, Cuban Production
Co."
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| 1
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6
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[Group
seated on porch, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Powers place, an Illinois
boy."
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| 1
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6
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[Group
seated on porch of home with a thatched roof, Cuba],
[between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Canet. House made of canvas
with palm roof. Inhabited by Reich, American, Boston
boy."
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| 1
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6
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Home
of one of the officers of the company, [between 1900
and 1930]
1 photographic postcard
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| 1
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6
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La
Atayala, home of Mr. Hall, a settler, [between 1900
and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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A
snap shot from the train on the line of the Western
Railways, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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A
Cuban home of the poorer type with pigs about the
door, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Dr. Mays."
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| 1
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6
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A
native home in the interior, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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Cuban
shack of the better order, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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A
home in Cuba, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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[Cuban
home along a dirt road], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
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| 1
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6
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A
Cuban country home, [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "C. F. Potter, Jr." and
other notations. Probably used by the Munson Steamship
Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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6
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[Deserted
Cuban bohio], [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Deserted hut, showing construction
of palm leaves and a few logs and poles. The side
slabs are the palm leaf sheathes. F. Potter."
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| 1
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6
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A
Cuban Country House, [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Blain, G.
1 photograph
Note: "171" on recto. Stamp (mark) on verso: "G. Blain.
Obrapia 48."
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| 1
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6
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A
Cuban Country Residence, [between 1900 and 1905]
Creator: Blain, G.
1 photograph
Note: "177" on recto. A Cuban "volanta" is standing
in front of home in photograph. Stamp (mark) on verso:
"G. Blain Fotógrafo. Compostella 26." This image appeared
in Munson Steamship Line's "The Cuba Bulletin" between
1903 and 1905 with the following caption: "Further
along you will see a more pretentious dwelling, eminently
cool and comfortable, and fitted with modern conveniences.
Flowers and shrubs, rare orchids and palms, are available
alike to the poor and the rich for beautifying the
home."
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| 1
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6
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Patio
in Private Residence, 1922?
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their
publication, The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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6
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Cuban
houses (during American intervention, 1899), [between
1899 and 1902]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their
publication, The Cuba Review.
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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8
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Landscape
Photographs, n.d., 1910s-1920s
27 items (27 online) |
| 1
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8
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[Valley
with palm trees, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photographic postcard
Note: Number on recto: "1"
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| 1
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8
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[Palm
trees with Cuban bohíos in background], [between
1900
and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Number on recto and verso: "521"
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| 1
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8
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A
typical favorable apiary site. Near here are found
400 colonies in one location, 1920?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1920." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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8
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Lowland
type of forest, Nipe Bay, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Bit of Cuban tropical forest."
Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their
publication, The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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8
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Minas
River near San José. Cattle range on right, [between
1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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8
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The
noonday halt by the swimming pool, [between 1900 and
1904]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "A swimming pool. Hanging
southern moss." Also "603." This image appeared in
Munson Steamship Line's "The Cuba Bulletin" on the
cover in Oct. 1904.
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| 1
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8
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[Logs
with apiary in the background, Cuba], 1920?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "A pile of natioc log heirs
ready for use. Note the apiary in the background and
to the right." Also "Used 1920."
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| 1
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8
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[Running
river, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Blain, G.
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "G. Blain, Fotógrafo. Compostela
26."
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| 1
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8
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[Two
men looking up at cliff by the water, Cuba], [between
1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "June Cover." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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8
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[Palm
tree lined road, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "September Cover" and stamps
(marks) reading "C. F. Potter, Jr." and "The Cuba
Review," publication of the Munson Steamship Line.
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| 1
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8
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The
Cuban Central Highway passes through the great copper
district of the Cobre Mountains of Eastern Cuba, [between
1920 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "Hamilton M. Wright,
'Newspaper Feature News,' 3903 Chrysler Bldg., 408
Lexington Ave., New York City." Probably used by the
Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba
Review.
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| 1
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8
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[Valley
with palm trees, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on recto: "#34"
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| 1
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8
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[Cuban
valley], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on recto: "#22"
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| 1
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8
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[Valley
road, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "The Cuba Review," publication
of the Munson Steamship Line.
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| 1
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8
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[Bohios
by hills, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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8
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[Royal
palms by river with bohio in background, Cuba], [between
1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso.
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| 1
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8
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[View
of hills and valleys, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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8
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[Cuban
forest], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Jan. Cover." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
|
| 1
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8
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[River
with palms, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
Notation on verso: "Country view."
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| 1
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8
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[River
with vegetation, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "A river of some width nearly
choked up with vegetation. Trees on either side loaded
with orchids and further on the stream is entirely
covered with water hyacinth. F. Potter."
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| 1
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8
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[River
valley, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| 1
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8
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Cuban
farming country, [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "C. F. Potter, Jr."
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| 1
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8
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[View
of bay from hilltop, Cuba], 1918?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1918" and "September
Cover 1918."
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| 1
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8
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[Ox-drawn
plow in field by river, Cuba], 1927?
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
"505" on recto. Notation on verso: "Country view"
and "April cover 1927." Probably used by the Munson
Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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8
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Zaza
River, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
"4086" on recto.
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| 1
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8
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[River
with palms, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: "#80" on recto.
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| 1
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8
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Santa
Cruz Valley, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.
Notation on verso: "Frontispiece."
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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11
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Plants,
n.d., 1920s
6 items (6 online) |
| 1
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11
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The
pods of a horseradish tree, 1922?
1 photographic postcard
Note: Notation on verso: "The pods of the horse-radish
tree. The one to the left has been split open so as
to exhibit the seeds." Also: "Used 1922." Probably
used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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11
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The
mamoncillo tree of Cuba, 1921?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1921." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| 1
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11
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[Mamoncillo
tree, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "[M]amoncillo -- edible fruit
-- small bunches, 25 on a bunch -- plum size -- green
. . . very palatable"
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| 1
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11
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Cabbage
Palm, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Cabbage Palm. Not always
an indication of poor land. Confused with saw palmetto."
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| 1
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11
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[Man
by pawpaw tree, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1904]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Pawpaw" with other illegible
notation. This image appeared in Munson Steamship
Line's "The Cuba Bulletin" in June 1904 with the following
caption: "The Paw Paw Tree in Cuba, Showing the Immense
Size Attained by the Fruit."
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| 1
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11
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[Bamboo
trees, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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13
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Ships
& Boats, n.d., 1890s-1920s, 1990s
10 items (10 online) |
| 1
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13
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Bum
Boats, Havana Harbor, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: "Bco. 420 A" on recto. Notation on verso: "Muelle
. . . Caballero. San Pedro y O'Reilly."
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| 1
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13
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[Bum
Boats, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Probably in Havana Harbor. Photograph of photographic
print.
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| 1
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13
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Cuban
Revenue Cutter "Hatuey", [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on recto: "Hatuey." Notation by Manuel
R. Bustamante (donor) affixed on verso: "Fragata Hatuey
de la Marina Cubana."
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| 1
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13
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Marina
de Guerra (Cuba), Crucero "Cuba" 13 Noviembre 1911,
Dec. 1990
1 postcard
Note: Notation on recto: "Hatuey." Notation by Manuel
R. Bustamante (Manuel R. Bustamante (donor)) affixed
on verso: "Fragata Hatuey de la Marina Cubana."
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| 1
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13
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The
Dutch steamer "Redondo" in Havana with cargo of nitrate
of soda, 1921?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1921." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
|
| 1
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13
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["Kentucky"
entering Havana harbor], [between 1890 and 1900]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Kentucky coming in."
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| 1
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13
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U.S.S.
Kentucky, 1898
1 photograph
|
| 1
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13
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S.S.
"Lady Sybil" unloading nitrate of soda in Havana harbor,
[between 1910 and 1920]
1 photograph
|
| 1
|
13
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[U.S.S.
"Olympia" leaving Havana harbor], [between 1900 and
1910]
1 photograph
Note: Notation by Manuel R. Bustamante (donor) affixed
on verso: "Acorazado Olympia, gemelo del Maine, sale
del puerto de la Habana en dias de la Intervención
Norteamericana."
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| 1
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13
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Howard
Gould's yacht in Havana Harbor, [between 1910 and
1930]
1 photograph
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
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14
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Sugar
Industry, n.d., 1920s
4 items (4 online) |
| 1
|
14
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[Paper
mill, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Paper mill at [?]."
|
| 1
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14
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Confluente
mill and bridge over River Guaso, [between 1910 and
1930]
1 photograph
Note: "32" on recto.
|
| 1
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14
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Cortador
de ca[ñ]a, Cuba. The Paine Cutter & Harvester,
1920?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "A close view of the Paine
Cutter & Harvester. Mr. Paine, the Inventor, is
shown in the picture walking toward the machine. Cortadora
de caña, Cuba." Also, "Used 1920." Probably used by
the Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The
Cuba Review.
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| 1
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14
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Bagasse
dryer in construc[tion], 1928?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1928." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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| Box |
Folder |
Folder
Title |
| 1
|
15
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Portraits,
1906-1910?
2 items (2 online) |
| 1
|
15
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|
[Portrait
of Rosa Pujol de Gili in her home at Zulueta 36F,
Havana], 1910?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Retrato de la Sra. Rosa
Pujol de Gili en la sala de su casa en [Zulueta] 36
F en La Habana. Véanse los muebles de la saleta donde
posó. Para la foto sacó de su [lugar] acostumbrado
las dos macetas. El cuadro grande sobre el sofá eran
las fotos de los graduados en Perito Mercantil en
la Escuela de Comercio de Barcelona, España de donde
era graduada. El cuadro en la pared lateral, era un
oleo de Dn. José Pujol y Guinart (su padre), rico
comerciante de la época en el giro de restaurantes.
Foto sobre 1910."
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| 1
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15
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[Charles
Edward Magoon, provisional governor of the Republic
of Cuba, 1906-1909], 1906
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso indicates photograph is
from a stereograph by Underwood & Underwood, New
York. Notation on verso: "Used 1920." Probably used
by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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16
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Miscellaneous,
n.d., 1930
4 items (4 online) |
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16
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[Hotel
Bellevue, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Cuban houses"
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16
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Section
devoted to Pottery and Ceramics, 1930?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used Sept. 1930." Probably
used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication,
The Cuba Review.
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16
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[Dining
room in unidentified institution, Cuba], 1930?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "One of the Automatic tables
of the Dining Room with traveling belt that when full
of plates moves the entire length of the table and
automatically stops till plates are removed. When
meal is concluded the same belt conveys plates back
to starting place where they fall into hot water receptacles
and are conveyed to their place of origen (sic)."
Also, "Used Sept. 1930." Probably used by the Munson
Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
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16
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Old
Spanish Church -- Salud (on Western Ry), [between
1910 and 1930]
1 photograph |
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