Éditeur(s) : Detroit Photographic Company Detroit Photographic Company ( [Detroit, Mich.] )
Résumé : La Catedral de la Virgen María de la Concepción Immaculada was built of Cuban limestone between 1748 and 1777. It became a cathedral in 1789. The cathedral faces the Plaza de la Catedral. The curtained carriage to the left may be a hearse. Palaces surround the other three sides of the square. On the left is the mansion of the Marquis de Aguas Claras, now El Patio Restaurant. The building on the right was built in 1741 as a house for the Marquesses de Arcos. In 1825 it became Cuba's first post office.
Havana (Cuba)

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1991-528-3

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.
This photograph shows a large building which is part of Havana's public square, which was originally called la Plaza Cívica (Civic Square), but after the Cuban Revolution was renamed "Plaza de la Revolución" or "Revolution Square." The large tower is a memorial to Jose Marti, which was erected during the Presidency of Fulgencio Batista. The square and the memorial were completed in 1959, the year that Fidel Castro came to power. This picture includes many vehicles of the 1950. In front of the building are two billboards. The billboard on the right is a political ad for, then president Batista. It reads "Paz, Trabajo, progreso" - meaning "Peace, Work and Progress."
The 109 m (358 ft) tower, designed by a team of architects led by Enrique Luis Varela, is in the form of a five-pointed star, encased in grey Cuban marble from the Isla de la Juventud.
Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Havana

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CFM1972_01a
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http://ufdc.ufl.edu/CA01200416/00001

Éditeur(s) : Detroit Photographic Company Detroit Photographic Company ( [Detroit, Mich.] )
Résumé : This small, Greek Revival memorial borders the east side of the Plaza de Armas. It commemorates the city's first Catholic mass and town council meeting, which took place on the site in 1519. The temple was built in 1828. The first mass took place under a silk-cotton tree, so a tree of this species shades El Templete. Once or twice each century, the tree grows too large for the site, and is replaced.
Digital image. 2005. 400 ppi, 2784 x 3696 pixels, 29.4 mb rgb tif. Photochrom, in 11 x 14 in. window mat, filed in Detroit Photograph Company. Photochroms. Box 2.
Havana (Cuba)

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1991-528-7

Résumé : Embossed stamp on recto: "Library of Manuel R. Bustamante" (donor). Notation by Manuel R. Bustamante (donor) affixed on verso: "Claustro del antiguo convento de San Francisco de Asís en la calle de Oficios, la construcción eclesial más antigua de Cuba, que dió nombre a la plaza de San Francisco." This image appeared in Munson Steamship Line's "The Cuba Review and Bulletin' in 1905 with the following caption: "The vaulted corridor of the old monastery attached to the church which is now the Havana Custom House. In their occupation of Havana in 1762, the English housed troops and horses in this edifice, for which desecration the Spanish condemned it to its present service, all succeeding governments following the precedent."
1900-1910
CHC5017
Havana (Cuba)

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chc50170001600001001
1326

Éditeur(s) : Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Co. ( [Detroit, Mich.] )
Résumé : The Palace of the Captains General housed Cuban governors from 1790 to 1920. At the time this view was taken, the U.S. military governor occupied the building. The original painted stucco, visible in this photochrom, has since been removed, and the stone walls are bare. The palace now contains the Museum of the City of Havana. This photochrom also shows the Plaza de Armas, Havana's oldest square. The name derives from its days as a military parade ground. A statue of Spanish King Ferdinand VII (Fernando VII) stands in the middle of the plaza. Cubans hated the king and his statue. So, it has been replaced with one of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.
Havana (Cuba)

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1991-528-2

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.
It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral, in Old Havana and known in Spanish as la Catedral de San Cristóbal. Construction on the cathedral began in 1748 by the Jesuits, and was completed 29 years later by the Franciscans. The architectural style is known as "Cuban Baroque" and includes two large bell towers and many inlaid columns. Today it is a major tourist attraction in Havana.
Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Havana

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CFM1972_01a
Sheet 85: 15
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/CA01200481/00001

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.
Monument to the victims of the battleship Maine The monument reads, "For the victims of the Maine from the people of Cuba" The battleship Maine blew up and sank in Havana's harbor February 15, 1898. This monument had an eagle at the top, but was removed after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Havana

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
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http://ufdc.ufl.edu/CA01200418/00001