Love Birds (metal with paint) North America -- Haiti -- Department du Ouest -- Port-au-Prince Caribbean area Latin America | Partager |
The gardens and drained pool of the Shaw Park Hotel, Ocho Rios ; The Bryant Slides Collection Auteur(s) : Unknown ( Photographer ) Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location. Guests can be seen walking near a drained pool in the gardens at Shaw Park, above a water fall. The hill overlooks a view of the Caribbean Sea. The area pictured is now known as the Shaw Park Botanical Gardens and Waterfall in Saint Ann, Jamaica. The hotel has been relocated to the beach. Slide labeled Shaw Park Hotel Ocho Rios. Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Ocho Rios, Saint Ann Droits : All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816 phone (407) 823-2576, email: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu CFM1972_01a http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00031123/00001 | Partager |
Martinique. Fort-de-France. Jardin du gouvernement Auteur(s) : Leboullanger Éditeur(s) : Archives départementales de la Martinique 2Fi464 Hôtel du gouvernement (Fort-de-France) Hôtel de la Préfecture (Fort-de-France) Centre ville (Fort-de-France) Fort-de-France Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a011273060188AISNds | Partager |
Gran Hotel in Baracoa, Guantánamo ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Résumé : 1900-1920 CHC5017 Guantánamo (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170003630001001 1384 | Partager |
People line the old Lafayette Street Bridge and the pilings are placed for the new draw bridge. Auteur(s) : Burgert Brothers, 1917- Résumé : (Funding) Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project. Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa Droits : All rights reserved. 2005. D29-017 | Partager Voir aussi Bridge ( Other Structure, Structures ) ( nmc ) Lafayette Street Bridge ( nmc ) Pile bridges ( lctgm ) Tampa Bay Hotel (West Lafayette and Hyde Park Avenue) ( lcsh ) Plant Park (West Lafayette Street opp Hyde Park Avenue) ( lcsh ) Parks ( lctgm ) Rivers ( lctgm ) Hillsborough River ( lctgm ) Bridges ( lctgm ) Vertical lift bridges ( lctgm ) |
Erzulie Freda (statue) Auteur(s) : Kesse, Erich J. Éditeur(s) : UF Libraries UF Libraries ( Gainesville, FL ) Résumé : Digitized with funding from the Digital Library of the Caribbean grant awarded by TICFIA. North America -- Haiti -- Département de l'Ouest -- Port-au-Prince Arrondissement -- Port-au-Prince -- Hotel Oloffsson Caribbean Caribbean area Latin America Droits : Copyright, Erich Kesse, 2008. May be used in accord with Creative Commons license allowing Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike (by-nc-sa). | Partager |
Schoelcher, la Batelière. exhibition à l'hôtel Hilton : exposition d'arts de l'artiste Joseph-René Corail alias Khôkhô René Corail Auteur(s) : Lameynardie, Arlette Éditeur(s) : Musée départemental d'archéologie précolombienne et de préhistoire de la Martinique 2012.0.1.138 Schoelcher La Batelière (Schoeclher) Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation du Musée départemental d’archéologie précolombienne et de préhistoire de la Martinique http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a0114236047398TEdEY | Partager |
Habitation du Gouverneur de la Martinique à Fort-de-France Auteur(s) : Compagnie des Antilles Éditeur(s) : Archives départementales de la Martinique 2Fi219 Hôtel du gouvernement (Fort-de-France) Hôtel de la Préfecture (Fort-de-France) Centre ville (Fort-de-France) Fort-de-France Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a011273060188dxzzdh | Partager |
Nurses' Graduation Ceremony Auteur(s) : Bahamas School of Nursing Éditeur(s) : Ministry of Health Ministry of Health ( Nassau, Bahamas ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Ministry of Health Graduation ceremony held Friday, July 13, 1990 at 8:00 p.m. Le Meridien Royal Bahamian Hotel, Cable Beach, Nassau, Bahamas Includes names of graduates of the Registered Nurse Programme, Trained Clinical Nurses, and Psychiatric Enrolled Nurses. Bahamas Bahamas Droits : [cc by-nd] This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License. This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00026736/00018 | Partager |
Martinique. Fort-de-France. Hôtel du gouvernement Éditeur(s) : Archives départementales de la Martinique 2Fi132 Hôtel du gouvernement (Fort-de-France) Hôtel de la Préfecture (Fort-de-France) Centre ville (Fort-de-France) Fort-de-France Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a011273060188i1xaJe | Partager |
Nurses' Graduation Exercises Auteur(s) : Bahamas School of Nursing Éditeur(s) : Ministry of Health Ministry of Health ( Nassau, Bahamas ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Ministry of Health Graduation ceremony held Friday, 15 July 1988, Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Hotel, Paradise Island. Includes names of graduates of the Registered Nurse Programme, Registered Midwives, Community Health Nurses. Bahamas Bahamas Droits : [cc by-nd] This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives License. This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00026736/00015 | Partager |
Nativity (painting) Auteur(s) : Gerard, Edouard Yves Jm. North America -- Haiti -- Department du Ouest -- Port-au-Prince Caribbean area Latin America | Partager |
Fort-de-France. Cérémonie d'ouverture d'une session du Conseil Général Auteur(s) : Leboullanger Éditeur(s) : Archives départementales de la Martinique 2Fi408 Hôtel du Conseil Général (Fort-de-France) Centre ville (Fort-de-France) Fort-de-France Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a011273060185vZwvPd | Partager |
Fort-de-France. Le Gouverneur se rendant au Conseil général Auteur(s) : Phos Éditeur(s) : Archives départementales de la Martinique 2Fi1175 Hôtel du Conseil Général (Fort-de-France) Centre ville (Fort-de-France) Fort-de-France Droits : Reproduction soumise à autorisation http://www.patrimoines-martinique.org/ark:/35569/a011273060187WN3Psk | Partager |
Copy of resignation letter from John F. Stevens to President Theodore Roosevelt Auteur(s) : Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943 ( Author, Primary ) Résumé : (Biographical) From Wikipedia: John Frank Stevens (25 April 1853 – 2 June 1943) was an American engineer who built the Great Northern Railway in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal between 1905 and 1907. Biography: Stevens was born in rural Maine, near West Gardiner to John Stevens, a tanner and farmer, and Harriet Leslie French. He attended Maine State Normal School (now the University of Maine at Farmington) for two years. At the conclusion of his schooling in 1873, bleak economic conditions held little promise of a job, and he chose to go west. Entry into the field of civil engineering evolved from his experience in the Minneapolis city engineer's office. For two years he carried out a variety of engineering tasks, including surveying and building railroads, and at the same time gained experience and an understanding of the subject. He became a practical engineer, self-taught and driven by a self-described "bull-dog tenacity of purpose." In 1878 Stevens married Harriet T. O'Brien. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy.
By the age of 33, in 1886, Stevens was principal assistant engineer for the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway, and in charge of building the line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Although a large part of his work involved surveying, he assisted in all phases of railroading: reconnaissance, locating, organizing, and construction.
In 1889, Stevens was hired by James J. Hill as a locating engineer for the Great Northern Railway.
Stevens earned wide acclaim in 1889 when he explored Marias Pass, Montana, and determined its practicability for a railroad. Stevens was an efficient administrator with remarkable technical skills and imagination. He discovered Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains, set railroad construction standards in the Mesabi Range of northern Minnesota, and supervised construction of the Oregon Trunk Line. Hill promoted him to chief engineer in 1895, and later to general manager. During his time at the Great Northern, Stevens built over a thousand miles of railroad, including the original Cascade Tunnel. Stevens Pass in the Cascade Range was named for him. (Most other Pacific Northwest landmarks with the word "Stevens" are named after Isaac Stevens, who is of no relation.)
Panama Canal:
Stevens left the Great Northern in 1903 for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, where he was promoted to vice-president. Then, in 1905, at Hill's recommendation, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer on the Panama Canal.
Stevens' primary achievement in Panama was to build the infrastructure needed for the completion of the canal. "The digging," he said, "is the least thing of all." He proceeded immediately to build warehouses, machine shops, and piers. Communities for the personnel were planned and built to include housing, schools, hospitals, churches, and hotels. He authorized extensive sanitation and mosquito-control programs that eliminated yellow fever and other diseases from the Isthmus. Reflecting his background, he saw the early stage of the canal project itself as primarily a problem in railroad engineering, which included rebuilding the Panama Railway and devising a rail-based system for disposing of the soil from the excavations. Stevens argued the case against a sea level canal like the French had tried to build. He successfully convinced Theodore Roosevelt of the necessity of a high-level canal built with dams and locks.
Resignation:
Stevens resigned suddenly from the Canal project in 1907 to Roosevelt's great annoyance, as the focus of the work turned to construction of the canal itself. As a railroad engineer, Stevens had little expertise in building locks and dams, and probably realized he was no longer the best person for the remainder of the job. Stevens would also have been aware that the original great Cascade Tunnel, for which he was responsible, was in hindsight built in error too close to the ruling grade and was perhaps turning from a credit to a debit. The true reasons for his resignation have never been known.
Subsequent career:
Following the collapse of Imperial Russia in 1917, leaders of the provisional government appealed to President Wilson for help with their transportation systems. Stevens was selected to chair a board of prominent U.S. railroad experts sent to Russia to rationalize and manage a system that was in disarray; among his work was on the Trans-Siberian Railway. After the overthrow of the provisional government, the board's work ceased. Stevens remained in Allied-occupied Manchuria and in 1919 headed the Inter-Allied Technical Board charged with the administration and operation of the Chinese Eastern and Siberian railways. He remained in an advisory capacity until occupying Allied troops were withdrawn; he finally left in 1923. After his return to the United States Stevens continued to work as a consulting engineer, ending his career in Baltimore in the early 1930s. He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Franklin Medal in 1930. He then retired to Southern Pines, North Carolina, where he died at the age of 90 in 1943. Digital version only, no paper copy in collection archives. Droits : This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact Digital Services (UFDC@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00029596/00001 | Partager |
Monument in honor of Cuban rafters "Liberty Column" Résumé : (Ownership) Received by the Rubenstein Library as a gift from Holly Ackerman in 2009. Photographed by Sergio Lastres. In December 1994, a public monument, called the Liberty Column, was inaugurated in Miami commemorating the journey and suffering of Cuban rafters. Designed by sculptor Enzo Gallo, the statue consists of hands raised to the sky and a round marble column set in a fountain. It is located at Bay Front Park in Miami in front of the Hotel Intercontinental. The statue was vandalized in 2004 and restored by Cuban-American sculptor Marc Andries Smit. The plaque beside the monument reads, “Since 1959, thousands of Cubans have perished anonymously while fleeing tyranny in small boats and makeshift rafts although their names, like martyred refugees of other nations, are written solely on the pages of the sea, this column is a permanent testimony of the human need to be free.” Cuba | Partager |
Hotel Trotcha, Havana ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Résumé : Embossed stamp on recto: "Library of Manuel R. Bustamante" (donor.) Notation by Manuel R. Bustamante (donor) affixed on verso: "Famoso Hotel Trotcha, en la calle Calzada del Vedado cerca de las calles 8 o 10." 1910-1930 CHC5017 Havana (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170002570001001 1422 | Partager |
Aruba Resort, Spa & Casino : night view of beach huts (Playa Linda, Aruba) Auteurs secondaires : Kesse, Erich J., 1959- Résumé : Digitized with funding from the Digital Library of the Caribbean grant awarded by TICFIA. South America -- Aruba -- Playa Linda -- Aruba Resort, Spa & Casino (Playa Linda, Aruba) Caribbean Droits : Copyright, Erich Kesse, 2008. May be used in accord with Creative Commons license allowing Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike (by-nc-sa). | Partager |
Patio del Hotel Camagüey, Camagüey ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Résumé : 1900-1920 CHC5017 Camagüey (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170003840001001 1574 | Partager |
Centro Asturiano Hospital on 21st Avenue. Auteur(s) : Robertson and Fresh Photographers, 1925-1960 ( Photographer ) Résumé : The society grew in membership so rapidly that it leased the Orange Hotel on Tampa Street in June 1903 for use as a sanitarium until the original Covadonga Sanitarium opened on Ola Avenue in April 1905 with 54 beds. The second Covadonga Hospital on 21st Avenue opened in October 1927. The hospitals were called Covadonga in homage to the Virgin of Covadonga who appeared to Pelayo at the beginning of the Reconquest of Spain in the 8th century which freed the country from Moorish rule. (Funding) Funded in part by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ephemeral Cities Project. Tampa |z 1271000 |2 ceeus Hillsborough County |z 12057 |2 ceeus United States of America -- Florida -- Hillsborough County -- Tampa 21st Avenue Droits : All rights reserved. 2005. R05-10556 | Partager |