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1906Best.-Nr. List3021La Habana Province Republic of Cuba 1906. Twenty-two photographs measuring 7 ¼ x 9 ½ inches mounted on heavy cardstock measuring 10 x 12 inches. Photos numbered and dated on negative. In album embossed with “Havana Central Railroad Co./ Progress Photographs/ GUANAJAY”. Photos with fine contrast and some wear; mounts with minor damage slightly warped with some detached from binding. Overall excellent. Havana Central Railroad Company was an American company formed in April 1905. It opened two electric tram lines—Havana to Guanajay in 1906 and Havana to Güines in 1907—before it was bought by the English company United Railways following the Panic of 1907. Offered here is a photo album showing the construction of the Guanajay line. The photographs show laborers assisted by horse-drawn carts digging culverts laying tracks and erecting bridges and buildings. This project came on the heels of the successful efforts of the Cuba Company another railroad company to make the emerging Cuban Republic amenable to American business.They did so first by using ‘revocable permits’ which could ostensibly be revoked by the new government when it was formed to circumvent the Foraker Amendment prohibiting concessions to American companies by the US’s military government; and second by using their close relationships to several members of the Cuban Constitutional Convention to include a law allowing irrevocable permits.1 These along with the Platt Amendment and Governor Leonard Wood’s General Railway Law led to what would amount to domination by US interests in Cuba particularly but not exclusively in the railroad industry.2 Of interest to scholars of the early Republic of Cuba especially the history of US businesses in the country. 1 Juan C. Santamarina “The Cuba Company and the Expansion of American Business in Cuba 1898–1915” The Business History Review 74 no. 1 Spring 2000: 41–83. 2 Louis A. Pérez Jr. “Insurrection Intervention and the Transformation of Land Tenure Systems in Cuba 1895–1902” Hispanic American Historical Review 65 no. 2 1985: 229–254. unknown
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Best.-Nr. 12844Various locations in Cuba and Pennsylvania: contents ca 1973. 25 leaves totaling 40pp. illustrated with thirty black-and-white and sepia-toned photographs with detailed manuscript captions plus seven large clippings from school publications and six additional ephemeral items. Oblong folio. Black cloth with alligator-patterned cloth on front board with manuscript title below a drawn representation of a small pennant for Lehigh University. Covers worn frayed and chipped alligator-style cloth curling a bit along fore edge. A few items loose from adhesive and a few with small tears scattered spotting and soiling. Overall very good condition with fascinating materiality. A lovingly-compiled photograph album and memorial book created by a young woman named Magdalena Sofia Guitart in tribute to her godfather Rafael Genó a Cuban engineer who studied at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Juan Rafael Genó Rizo was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1883. A doctoral thesis on Cuban architecture found online deems him one of the premiere Art Deco architects of Santiago and the only one to obtain a degree abroad. Genó graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh in 1909 and from the University of Havana in 1913. He died in Miami Florida in 1973. This doting scrapbook was compiled and heavily captioned in Spanish which we hereafter present in translation as a "Memorial which with love and pride I dedicate to my godfather and some of his works; a pale reflection of all the good he has done in his life" by Magdalena Sofia Guitart who was born in 1936 in Santiago and arrived in Miami in 1958. She includes photos of Genó as a baby and a boy of 11 "From a very young age as you can see here my godfather was a little gentleman" as well as in uniform alongside Mexican and Costa Rican comrades at Pennsylvania's Wayne Field. She lauds his "triumphs" and "genius" in "thousands of battles." Genó likely came to the United States following the Spanish-American War during the growth of Cuban immigration resulting from increased American attention of the island country. All of the content in the album is artfully presented within decorative rules or floral borders providing an unusual flair to the presentation. The book displays not only the hand-drawn Lehigh pennant on the cover but also large artistic renditions of the campus and an internal shot of its library clipped from school publications and comparing views from 1873 1909 and 1933 the relevance of Lehigh at the later date is unclear. Additional photographs and decorative designs share the story as "our engineer" returns to Cuba and "begins to demonstrate his knowledge" in the mines of Ponupo. Soon "his hard work integrity and honesty led him to be chosen" for other feats of engineering including "la Iglesia church Los Desamparados constructed by my godfather 1932" and a train terminal in Guantánamo. Images and a photographic clipping laud his renovations of "Colegio La Salle" in 1937. There are also six photos and a clipping showing Genó's work on the altar for the Eucharistic Congress held in Santiago in 1936 during which the original statue of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre Patroness of Cuba was granted a canonical coronation by Pope Pius XI. The album also holds a clipping naming Genó as president of the Board of Directors of Santiago's Urban Property Center an inauguration ribbon and brochure for the Municipal Food Market in 1950 with which he was also involved and photos of the celebrated engineer later in life. A captivating and carefully-assembled homage created by a Cuban immigrant to the United States honoring a loved one who was educated in Pennsylvania and then returned to his home country to serve as a noted engineer during the first half of the 20th century. contents ca unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 12628Havana: Union de Jovenas Comunistas 1969. Seven newspapers each between 6 and 8pp. on newsprint. Illustrated. Modest toning some edge wear and closed tears some bumped or dog-eared corners. Overall very good. A small but instant collection of an informative newspaper from Communist Cuba published daily by the youth wing of the Party. The issues are all dated in January 1969 specifically from January 11 15 22 28 29 30 and 31. The issues contain domestic and international reporting along with topics relevant to revolutionary young people. Interestingly one issue contains a translated interview with Hollywood legend Marlon Brando. The paper also prints a legion of photographs cultural event listings classifieds baseball statistics and updates cartoons and more. Union de Jovenas Comunistas unknown
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1945Best.-Nr. 9277New York New York and Havana Cuba 1945. William John Mantz Jr. worked as an engineer and assistant manager for the West Indies Sugar Corporation for 10 years traveling back and forth frequently between his home in Tarrytown New York and the sugar plantations in Havana Cuba. This archive contains travel materials government documents and other personal artifacts pertaining to his time in Cuba and concerning his status with the draft during World War II. Most correspondence in original postmarked envelope. Included: - One black and white photograph of Bill and Marjorie Mantz - Birth certificate copy with raised seal for Bill Mantz dated January 1938 - Two personal letters from Marjorie to Bill in 1938 that mention her recent travels to visit him in Cuba - Cuban drivers license for Bill dated January 1940 with photo attached and stamped by the police department - Cuban Foreign Identification Card for Marjorie dated June 1940 with receipt and three copies of her photo attached - Receipt for surrendered passport in Miami Florida December 1940 - Letter from Bill's sister Margie in May 1942 forwarding paperwork from Selective Services - Two Cuban tax withholding documents from May/July 1942 - Letter from Bill in Spanish requesting the renewal of Marjorie's Foreigner's Identification card in May 1943 and follow up letter to a different recipient in English dated June 1943 regarding missing documents - Three permits from Selective Services for to depart from the United States 1943-1945 plus one duplicate - Four pieces of correspondence from the American Consulate in Cuba dated December 1944 - April 1945 regarding passports medical exams and registering the Mantz’s infant daughter - Sixteen letters and other correspondence between Bill his boss Arthur Kirstein and Selective Services mostly regarding Bill’s draft status but also some sugar industry business such as frequent air travel to Havana trains and fuel options and US politics after Truman assumed the presidency. . unknown
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