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[Black vinyl box with purple and beige satin interior lining]

Black vinyl box with purple and beige satin interior lining. Appears to have held a pocket watch. A beige sash across the lid interior states: "Sweeney & Coombs Jewelers, Houston, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of a Sailor: Two Views

Copy negative of two images of Herman McDaniel in navy uniform. The first image he stands next to a palm tree and the second is a head shot portrait. The text under the second portrait reads "Sailor, 1918 Style (No. 5) Deals in Music."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman wearing a crown and a dark fur cape lined with white fur]

Photograph of a woman standing facing right with both of her hands resting on the top of a fabric covered chair back. The fabric extends from the upper right corner to cover the chair. In this studio portrait, the woman is wearing a quilted white skirt with fur at the end, a fitted black and white bodice top, a dark fur cape lined with white fur and extending to ripples on the floor. On her head is a crown with a long, white lacy veil extending from the top to the floor. The backdrop appears to be two walls of a room with a door on the left side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0299.0055]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: October 29, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0299.0056]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dotted line separates eastern counties within range of Cuban-based missiles from out-of-range western Oklahoma counties."
Date: October 25, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0226.0111]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fidel Castro Monday kept up the search for his missing army chief, Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos, but officials held slim hopes of finding him alive. The 28 year old commander vanished Wednesday on a 300 mile flight from Camaguey to Havana."
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0300.0171]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In Command, Brig. Gen. Alberto del Rio Chaviano leads government troops in strife-ridden Santiago de Cuba, rebellious Oriente province capital."
Date: April 11, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Ladies at a Bar Counter]

Photograph of three women posing behind the counter at a bar and they are identified as Irene Claire Winston, Sarah Jane Brazil, and Sara Latimer Abney.
Date: July 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1229.0386]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Raul Godoy Sayan, Havana, Cuba"
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Alligator hunters in Cuba]

Postcard with a photograph of five men holding their rifles. The men have respited from hunting alligators. They all have similar dress and are wearing similar service hats. The men are standing beside a lake. On the back of the postcard is written, "Hunting Alligators in Cuba. The micky looking guy on the left is G. I set the camery [sic] then got in place. And negro snapped it for me." The postcard does not appear to have been mailed. The person "G" refers to the George V. Huffmon, who was stationed in the military in Cuba. He was also the sender of the postcard. The rest of the men remain unidentified. Huffmon enlisted in the Army in 1906 and was stationed in Cuba, during the Second Occupation of Cuba which lasted from September 1906 to February 1909.
Date: 1907~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seven women in a garden]

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
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A city street scene near the corner of a two story stucco building]

Photograph may have been brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis. This photograph was with other photos that were brought from there by Davis. The photograph is a city street scene taken near the corner of a two story stucco building. There are huge fabric "drapes" hanging over tall arched doorways. The second story of the building has intricate iron railing around the balcony. Sign above one arched doorway of this building reads: "LA CHARANGA". There are several horses and buggies in the street and people walking on the sidewalks. The photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrate. Image dimensions are: 23.5 cm x 18.5 cm.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The construction of a building in Cuba]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboy and cattle in cattle shoots and pens]

Photograph may have been brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis. This photograph was with other photos that were brought from there by Davis. The photograph shows a cowboy standing (center) on one of many wooden partitions that form cattle shoots and pens. There are cattle peering through the wooden partition in foreground. Partial view of a white wooden building seen between trees in the top left corner of photograph; trees on right. The photograph is mounted on a gray matte with a thick dark gray border around perimeter of image and again around the edge of the matte. Written on the back of the image: "Cows and dipping vat." Image dimensions are approximately: "17.9 cm x 12.8 cm".
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Cuban dry-goods store]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A family of six sitting around a long table]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four young children on the back of a donkey]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A group of men and young boys watching a cock fight]

The photograph shows a group of men and young boys watching a cock fight. Text below the photo reads: "After reaching town the gamecocks are speedily pitted against each other and the betting begins. The cocks are sometimes unwilling to fight, but are forced to do so for fun and gain."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The interior of a Havana home]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large group of men and women around a man and a woman dancing]

The photograph shows a large group of men and women around a couple that is dancing in the center. There is a thatch roofed building in the background. Text below the photograph reads: "This is a typical Sunday morning scene in one of the side streets of Havana, and indicates a negro dance - "up and down and all chassee." Negroes are children of sun and fun."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large group of men standing around a couple]

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]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large group of people at a picnic]

The photograph shows a large group of people at a picnic. Text below the portrait reads: "Last photograph of Joaquin Ruiz, who was shot by the Cubans when he went out under Spanish instructions to offer the insurgents autonomy. At a picnic, the Monday preceding his death, this picture was taken. He stands with a cross on his hat."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A large group of people standing outside a store]

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 of photo: "Mr. J. H. P. Davis".
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History