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Series I, Subject Files, n.d., 1890s-1990s (bulk dates 1900s-1930s)

Box Folder Folder Title
1 1 Animals, n.d.
4 items (4 online)
1 1   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."
1 1   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."
1 1   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
1 1   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.

Box Folder Folder Title
1 2 Agriculture, n.d., 1905-1920s
14 items (14 online)
1 2   [Chickens and rooster, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   American wheel plough on Ceballos estate, Showing old Spanish hocha blockhouse in background., [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   [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."
1 2   Tilling the soil, Man at oxen driven plough., [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   Cuban plow in field, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   [Men with ox cart, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   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."
1 2   [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.
1 2   Una antigua cisterna = An old cistern, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   Stubble plowing and harrowing with an Avery Tractor and "Self-Lift" Plow, [between 1910 and 1940]
1 photograph
Note: "D8605" on recto.
1 2   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.
1 2   Trinquibal conduciendo una toza de caoba = Hauling mahogany near Santiago, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 2   [Ox-drawn plow in field, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1940]
1 photograph
1 2   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."

Box Folder Folder Title
1 3 Carts & Wagons, n.d.
1 item (1 online)
1 3   Ox Cart in Havana, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph

Box Folder Folder Title
1 4 Citrus Fruit Industry, n.d., 1919
5 items (5 online)
1 4   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.
1 4   [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."
1 4   [Ponderosa lemon tree, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "3 year Ponderosa lemon from cutting 50 fruits all ages."
1 4   [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."
1 4   The Buena Vista Fruit Company's Nursery, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: No. 3

Box Folder Folder Title
1 5 Country Life, n.d.
5 items (5 online)
1 5   [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."
1 5   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."
1 5   [Waterfall, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1940]
1 photograph
1 5   [Group in yard, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 5   On the Guamá Road, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana.. Notation on verso: "April Cover."

Box Folder Folder Title
1 6 Dwellings, n.d., 1890s-1920s
19 items (19 online)
1 6   [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.
1 6   American settlers house, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   [Interior of a home in Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "R. E. Rodríguez, Cuban Production Co."
1 6   [Group seated on porch, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Powers place, an Illinois boy."
1 6   [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."
1 6   Home of one of the officers of the company, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photographic postcard
1 6   La Atayala, home of Mr. Hall, a settler, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   A snap shot from the train on the line of the Western Railways, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 6   A Cuban home of the poorer type with pigs about the door, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Dr. Mays."
1 6   A native home in the interior, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   Cuban shack of the better order, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   A home in Cuba, [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   [Cuban home along a dirt road], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 6   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.
1 6   [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."
1 6   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."
1 6   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."
1 6   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.
1 6   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.

Box Folder Folder Title
1 7 Forts & Fortifications, n.d.
2 items (2 online)
1 7   [Soldiers with cannon, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 7   [Soldiers at fort, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph

Box Folder Folder Title
1 8 Landscape Photographs, n.d., 1910s-1920s
27 items (27 online)
1 8   [Valley with palm trees, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photographic postcard
Note: Number on recto: "1"
1 8   [Palm trees with Cuban bohíos in background], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Number on recto and verso: "521"
1 8   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.
1 8   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.
1 8   Minas River near San José. Cattle range on right, [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 8   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.
1 8   [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."
1 8   [Running river, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Blain, G.
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "G. Blain, Fotógrafo. Compostela 26."
1 8   [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.
1 8   [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.
1 8   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.
1 8   [Valley with palm trees, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on recto: "#34"
1 8   [Cuban valley], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on recto: "#22"
1 8   [Valley road, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "The Cuba Review," publication of the Munson Steamship Line.
1 8   [Bohios by hills, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 8   [Royal palms by river with bohio in background, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso.
1 8   [View of hills and valleys, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 8   [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 8   [River with palms, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana. Notation on verso: "Country view."
1 8   [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."
1 8   [River valley, Cuba], [between 1900 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 8   Cuban farming country, [between 1900 and 1930]
Creator: Potter, C. F.
1 photograph
Note: Stamp (mark) on verso: "C. F. Potter, Jr."
1 8   [View of bay from hilltop, Cuba], 1918?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1918" and "September Cover 1918."
1 8   [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.
1 8   Zaza River, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana. "4086" on recto.
1 8   [River with palms, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: "#80" on recto.
1 8   Santa Cruz Valley, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana. Notation on verso: "Frontispiece."

Box Folder Folder Title
1 9 Phosphate Industry, 1920s
4 items (4 online)
1 9   Acid phosphate in a plantation fertilizer factory, 1921?
1 photograph
Note: "637" on recto. Notation on verso: "Used 1921." Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
1 9   Interior view of [phosphate fertilizer factory], 1921?
1 photograph
Note: "165" on recto. Notation on verso: "Used 1921." Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
1 9   View of [motor?] power used in [phosphate fertilizer factory], 1921?
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Used 1921." Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review.
1 9   Nodulizing Plant, [1921?]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Nodulizing Plant. Convert ore into nodules."

Box Folder Folder Title
1 10 Piers & Wharves, n.d.
4 items (4 online)
1 10   [Unidentified wharf], [between 1910 and 1935]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Wharf proper 250' x 56'. Approach 2423'."
1 10   [Unidentified wharf], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 10   [Oxcart at wharf], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Note the heavy cedar yoke, the rope through the nostrils, and the attitude of the patient animals. In the background is a huge stick of lumber about to be hoisted in the cart."
1 10   Dock, Pt. Vioro, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph

Box Folder Folder Title
1 11 Plants, n.d., 1920s
6 items (6 online)
1 11   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.
1 11   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.
1 11   [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"
1 11   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."
1 11   [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."
1 11   [Bamboo trees, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph

Box Folder Folder Title
1 12 Railroads, n.d.
3 items (3 online)
1 12   [Engine no. 8, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
1 12   [San Miguel railroad station], [between 1900 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 12   A view on the Western R.R., [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Photograph of the American Photo Co., Havana. "1446" on recto.

Box Folder Folder Title
1 13 Ships & Boats, n.d., 1890s-1920s, 1990s
10 items (10 online)
1 13   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."
1 13   [Bum Boats, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Probably in Havana Harbor. Photograph of photographic print.
1 13   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."
1 13   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."
1 13   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 13   ["Kentucky" entering Havana harbor], [between 1890 and 1900]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Kentucky coming in."
1 13   U.S.S. Kentucky, 1898
1 photograph
1 13   S.S. "Lady Sybil" unloading nitrate of soda in Havana harbor, [between 1910 and 1920]
1 photograph
1 13   [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."
1 13   Howard Gould's yacht in Havana Harbor, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph

Box Folder Folder Title
1 14 Sugar Industry, n.d., 1920s
4 items (4 online)
1 14   [Paper mill, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Paper mill at [?]."
1 14   Confluente mill and bridge over River Guaso, [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: "32" on recto.
1 14   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.
1 14   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.

Box Folder Folder Title
1 15 Portraits, 1906-1910?
2 items (2 online)
1 15   [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."
1 15   [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.

Box Folder Folder Title
1 16 Miscellaneous, n.d., 1930
4 items (4 online)
1 16   [Hotel Bellevue, Cuba], [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Note: Notation on verso: "Cuban houses"
1 16   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.
1 16   [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.
1 16   Old Spanish Church -- Salud (on Western Ry), [between 1910 and 1930]
1 photograph
Contact Information:
Cuban Heritage Collection
Otto G. Richter Library
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248214
Coral Gables, FL. 33124-0320
(305) 284-4900
edevaron@miami.edu
http://www.library.miami.edu/umcuban
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