Cuban Collection (page 14)

General Manuel Lorenzo, Governor of Eastern Cuba. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

Jose Jacinto Milanes y Fuentes (1814-1863), renowned poet, linguist and writer who has been acclaimed as one of the best exponents of Cuban literature with the publication of El Conde Alarcos (1838)

Colonel Ambrosio Jose Gonzales (1818-1893), Cuban revolutionary who became a Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

Felipe Poey (1799-1891), Cuban zoologist. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

Ramon Pinto (1802-1855), writer and early martyr to the cause of Cuban freedom. In 1855 he was charged with being engaged in a revolutionary conspiracy and died on the scaffold

Porfirio Valiente de las Cuevas (1807-1870), politician and Cuban patriot. Postcard from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

On La Union sugar plantation, San Luis, Santiago Province, Cuba, 1899. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
On La Union sugar plantation, San Luis, Santiago Province, Cuba, 1899. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Havana, Cuba, c1865. Cuba was a Spanish colony until Spains defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, after which the island gained its independence

Havana, Cuba, c1880

Havannah Harbour, showing where the fifty invaders were shot, Cuba, c1880. Part of a revolt against Spanish colonial rule of Cuba. The fortress of La Cabana can be seen in the background

Tourists wathcing a boy playing a ukelele, Havana, Cuba, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

El Capitolio, Havana, Cuba, 1931. El Capitolio, the National Capitol Building in Old Havana, built in the 1920s as the seat of government, later became the Cuban Academy of Sciences

Cathedral of San Ignacio, Havana, Cuba, 19th century(?). Havanas cathedral, dedicated to St Christopher (San Cristobal) was built in Baroque style by the Jesuits between 1749 and 1767

Jose-Maria de Heredia, Cuban-born French poet, 1902. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris

Cannon, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cannon, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. Morro Castle, (in Spanish Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro) in Old Havana, was built in the 16th century. It guarded the entrance to Havana harbour

The Captain Generals Palace, Havana, Cuba. Artist: HC White
The Captain Generals Palace, Havana, Cuba. Originally built as the residence of the Captain General of the Spanish Navy, this building later became the palace of the President of Cuba in the early

A home in the interior of the island of Cuba. Artist: HC White
A home in the interior of the island of Cuba. Stereoscopic card detail

Palacio y Capitania general, Cuba, 1907

A Cuban ox team, early 20th century. Artist: Harris Bros & Co
A Cuban ox team, early 20th century

Havana, Cuba, early 20th century. As seen from Casablanca

Obispo Street, Havana, Cuba, early 20th century

O Reilly Street, Havana, Cuba, early 20th century

A man climbing a palm tree, Cuba, 1911

Havana, Cuba, c1900s. Published by C Jordi

Havana, Cuba, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Maceo via Trocha, (1895), 1920s
Maceo via Trocha. In November 29, 1895, Maceo crossed The Trocha of Jucaro, with his forces heading for Moron. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Map of the war of independence and invasion, (1895), 1920s
Map of the war of Independence and the invasion. (From Baragua up to Mantua). The invading column supervised by Gneral Antonio Maceo left the Savanna of Aragua on October 22

Battle of Santa Clara, (1895), 1920s
Battle of Santa Clara. This battle took place in Sancti-Spiritus. The forces of Colonel Santander and the Cuban forces led by Serafin Sanchez and Carlos Roloff

Ruins of Cuabitas, (1895), 1920s
Ruins of Cuabitas. The forces of Duran set fire to this village on June 8, 1895. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

Battle of Peralejo, (1895), 1920s. Artist: Antonio Maceo
Battle of Peralejo. The forces of Antonio Maceo and the Chief of the Spanish army Martinez Campos fought on the 13th July 1895, the Spanish Brigadier, Santocildes, perished in the battle

Town of Christ, (1895), 1920s
Town of Christ. General Antonio Maceo attacked the village of Christ on May 7th 1895. he took over the village and set fire to it

The Long combat, (1895), 1920s
The long match. Maximo Gomez defeated a guerrilla attack in the fields of The Long Combatof Camaguey 1895.Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Battle during Cuban War of Independence, (1895), 1920s
Battle of the mule. Maximo Gomez attacked the camp of the mulatto Camaguey on June 19 of 1895. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

The Battle of San Geronimo, (1895), 1920s
Maximo Gomez captured and set fire to the village of Saint Geronimo on the 18th of June 1895. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona

Statue of Joaquin Castillo Duany, (1858-1902), 1920s
Statue of Dr. Joaquin Castillo Duany (1858-1902). Doctor and second head of the Departments Expeditions in 1896, leading to the shores of Cuba

Column at Loma del Gato, (1896), 1920s
Column at Loma del Gato. A fierce battle took place here on 5th July 1896, General Jose Maceo was killed. A column was erected to commemorate this tragic event.Cigar card from the History of Cuba

Rabi In the Attack to the Black People of Cuba, (1895), 1920s
Rabi in the attack of The Blacks. Colonel Jesus Rabi attacked in 1895 the hamlet of The Blacks in the province of Santiago de Cuba

Monument of Marti in Santiago de Cuba, (1853-1995), 1920s
Tomb of Marti in Santiago de Cuba. Jose Marti remains were taken to Santiago de Cuba where he was buried and during the republican era

Obelisk of Two Rivers, (1895), 1920s
Obelisk erected in Two Rivers. It was built in the location where Jose Marti fell mortally wounded on 19 May 1895. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

View of Nuevitas, (1869), 1920s
View of Nuevitas. Colonel Francisco Varona with 40 men entered the city on 8 April 1895 and perished in battle. In the war of Yara, in April of 1869 general Angel Castillo set fire to Nuevitas

Expedition of Marti and Maximo Gomez, (1895), 1920s
Expedition of Marti and Maximo Gomez. They disembarked in Playitas on the south coast of Baracoa on April 11 1895. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Duaba beach, (1890s), 1920s
Duaba beach, near Baracoa. General Antonio Maceo landed several men, who were persecuted in such a way that Maceo ended up alone in the mountain

Village of Baire, (1895), 1920s
Village of Baire. On February 24, 1895 the people of this village and Coronel Saturnino and his friends revolted. Baire was located between Jiguani and Palma Soriano

Park of Baire, (1895), 1920s
Baire Park. The young Saturnino Lora, on 24 February 1895 gathered and urged the people in the Park of Baire to take up arms, and in a few hours was joined by neighbors of Jiguani

Marti in Tampa, (1892), 1920s
Jose Marti in Tampa. At the end of 1891 the Ignacio Agramonte Club Tampa invited Jose Marti to give a lecture. The unbridled enthusiasm aroused by the great patriot among the emigrants was immense

Birthpace of Jose Julian Marti Perez, (1853-1895), 1920s
House where Marti was born in Havana at 102 Paula Street on January 28th 1853.Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature

The garrotte of an inmate, (1888), 1920s
The garrotte of an inmate in 1888. Due to the development of banditry, General Marin declared the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Matanzas and Santa Clara under siege in 1888

Statue of Francisco Albear, (1890), 1920s
Statue of Francisco Albear. Brigadier Albear was born in the Havana, he was an engineer; and was named Director of the Canal of Vento the construction of which he carried out

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