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[The construction of a building in Cuba]

Description: The photograph shows the construction of a building. There are several men on top of and around the construction site. Text below the photo reads: " This building was hastily run up to afford shelter to the homeless reconcentrados after the attention of the civilized world was drawn to their condition; one of the few things ever done by the Spanish in haste."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

["The most famous beggar in Havana - Sam Raco"]

Description: The photograph shows a poorly dressed man sitting on a bench in front of a wooden building. He has a bottle in his left hand. Text below the photo reads: "This is the most famous beggar in Havana - Sam Raco, by name - and he comes from the interior. He has 12 fingers and 11 toes - - count them."
Date: [1880..1900]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[The interior of a Havana home]

Description: The photograph shows the interior of a home. The room shown is a parlor with several pieces of sitting furniture. Text below photo reads: "A typical Havana parlor in the residence of a family of the better class. The frame of the furniture is of solid mahogany, which is a native wood in common use."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Men and boys sitting and standing near the "Gran Hotel"]

Description: The photograph is a street scene with well dressed men sitting and standing near the entrance to a hotel ("Gran Hotel" sign above doorway). Text at the bottom of the photograph reads: "Havana men about town "on dress parade, " in front of the Hotel Inglaterra. Cuban and Spanish swells gather here every morning and evening, to see and to be seen."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of people standing outside a store]

Description: The photograph shows a large group of people standing near the porch of a white wooden building. There is a cart pulled by an ox with a man standing to the side of it in right foreground; two oxen pulling a load of timber in left center foreground. Text below photo reads: "Here is a typical country store, on the coast near Havana. Merchandise is drawn on an ox-sled, wheels being seldom used when runners will answer the purpose. Bad roads explain this preference." Written in pencil on left side … more
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Four young children on the back of a donkey]

Description: The photograph shows four young children on the back of a donkey. There is a young man standing behind the donkey and two people standing near a building on the left. Text below photo reads: "Boys are boys the world over and in all colors and languages. These youngsters are having a fine time with the donkey, who does not enjoy the situation half so much, and whose "business end" longs for employment."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A street scene with people on the left and right street sidewalks]

Description: This photograph shows a street scene with people on left and right street sidewalks and at the end of the street. There are several banners hung across the awning covered narrow street. A clock shaped like a large pocket watch is hanging from a building near the top right corner of the photograph. Text below the photo reads: "View in Obisbo Street (renamed Weyler Street) - the Broadway of Havana. 'Tis covered the entire length with awnings. Merchants stand in doorways, awaiting the coming of Sp… more
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A man milking a cow in a street]

Description: The photo shows a man milking a cow in a street. Text below the photo reads: "In Havana, as elsewhere, milk dealers are suspected of watering the milk. This dealer avoids suspicion by milking his cow in the presence of his customer."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A family of six sitting around a long table]

Description: This photograph shows a family of six sitting around a long table in a very large dining room. Text below the photo reads: "Typical dining room of well-to-do Cubans. They are drinking coffee at six o'clock A. M. Oilcloth covers the table in place of linen. It is easier to wash, and Spaniards are ease-loving."
Date: [1900..1925]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A large group of men standing around a couple]

Description: The photo shows a large group of men and one woman standing near the entrance of a large brick building. Text below the photo reads: "The most talked of couple in Havana - General Arola and Elsa Tobin. The senorita is the daughter of the Spanish army in Cuba, and was recently married to the general, who is what we would call the mayor of the city, and old enough to be her father."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A couple sitting in a buggy pulled by a man on a horse]

Description: The photograph is of a couple sitting in a "buggy" pulled by a man on a dark horse. The outfit is parked in front of a building with people standing near the front entrance. Text below photo reads: "Cuban Volante. This one was used by ex-President Cleveland when he visited Havana. It was smashed by a company of volunteers, "because it had been used by a Yankee pig."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A Cuban dry-goods store]

Description: The photograph shows the interior of a store. Two men are behind the shelf lined counter, while one man is leaning against a showcase on far left. Text below the photograph reads: "The interior of a Cuban dry-goods store, with the proprietor in the foreground, with his clerks in their regular attire. All the clerks in Havana are similarly dressed - or , rather, undressed."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A street scene in Havana]

Description: A street scene of people standing on a narrow street in Cuba. There are two horses and buggies approaching the camera. Signs and banners hang from the buildings. Text at bottom of photo reads: " A typical side street in Havana, showing the narrow sidewalks, the pavement, the condition of street traffic, the low houses, the street signs, the omnipresent church, and the general conditions of life in the Cuban metropolis."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Two photographs of Cuban belles]

Description: There are two photographs on this page. The photo on the left shows two women wearing dark colored dresses talking to a man in a suit and hat. A metal partition separates the women from the man. The photograph on the right side of the page is of a woman dressed in a white dress with a flower on her left shoulder. The woman has her right hand up near her face where she is holding the end of a lace mantilla. Text below the photographs reads: "Two prominent Cuban belles. Senoritas Isabella and Ani… more
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Letter from N. W. Shaw to Second Brigade Commander, USMC, 13 October 1928]

Description: Letter from (Captain?) N. W. Shaw, commander of the 45th Company, Fifth Marine Regiment, to the commander of the Second Marine Brigade. Shaw discusses the wounding of a Carlos Gutierrez, the whereabouts of a Jose Santos Rivera and his arrest warrant, a retaliatory killing for the theft of a cow, and a list of persons believed to be bandits.
Date: October 13, 1928
Creator: Shaw, N. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Fort Worth Aviation Museum

[Photograph of a Park in Managua]

Description: A photograph of a park in Managua in the 1920s. A very large gathering of people can be seen, as can an entrance and exit to an attraction called "The Whip." Two buildings are in the background, and a few stands are visible in the crowd.
Date: 1920/1929%
Creator: Stone, George W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Worth Aviation Museum

[Seven women in a garden]

Description: The photo shows seven women in a garden. Text below the photograph reads: "Group of Spanish senoritas, taken March 17, in the courtyard of Senorita Consuelo Varuna's home. She is kneeling in the foreground, and is the most famous beauty in Havana."
Date: March 17, 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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