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[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

[Two men standing on the railed balcony at the top of a brick building]

Photograph may have been brought back from Cuba - it was found with other photos he brought back from Cuba. Photograph of two men standing on the railed balcony at the top of a brick building. The two men are dressed in dark suits, white shirts, and dark hats. The building is made of brick and has rows of small windows near the roof line. At the top, center of the tin roof is another small addition to the building that the balcony extends from. Tall grass and trees in distance. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. The cardboard has scalloped gold edging.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A woman dressed in royal clothing]

Photograph that may have been brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis, since it was found with other photographs that he did bring back from Cuba. This photograph is of a woman dressed in royal clothing. She is wearing a velvet fur lined robe over a white skirt, dark jacket with white inset at bodice and fur trim. She is wearing a crown with a floor length lace mantilla. The woman is standing near a draped chair. She has both of her hands on the drape. She has pearl bracelets on both wrists. Wall with ornate woodwork in left background. Doorway in background. The photograph is mounted on a tan matte. Image dimensions are: 11.6 cm x 17.5 cm.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young man lying in a hospital bed, dying of starvation]

The photograph is of a young man lying in a hospital bed. He is holding a small bouquet of flowers in his right hand. A ledge near a window has several items on it, including a hat. Text below the photograph reads: "Here is a sad but common scene. Reconcentrados are dying of starvation in the hospital of the American Orphans in Havana - too far gone to be saved by the belated treatment."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed]

The photograph shows a man ministering to a young boy in a hospital bed. Another boy is lying in a bed in rear left background. A number "19" is on the wall above the bed of the first young man. Text below the photograph reads: "Another scene in the hospital of the American Orphan Asylum, showing reconcentrado boys dying of starvation, in the last stages, beyond relief, with protruding bones. Pictures like this explain the war now being waged against the tyranny which produces such piteous fruit."
Date: [1900..1920]
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

[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 man standing at the northeast corner of a white two story house]

Photograph may have been brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis. This photograph was found with other photos that were brought back. Photograph shows a man standing at the northeast corner of a white two story house. The bottom porch of the house has thick square column supports. The porch has a wooden bench and two rocking chairs near an open double doorway. The second floor balcony has wooden railing. The back of the house has top and bottom porches also. There is a row of wooden posts put closely in the ground to form a fence in the foreground. The photo is mounted on a textured gray matte. The matte has a thick dark gray line around perimeter of photo and around edge of matte. The image dimensions are: 12.8 cm x 17.9 cm.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ship wrecked in a harbor]

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 ship wrecked in a harbor. The tall mast and ropes is in the foreground. Buildings of a city in background. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Image dimensions are: 19.9 cm cm x 11.9 cm.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a cemetery brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis]

Photograph brought back from Cuba by J.H.P. Davis. The photograph is of a cemetery. There is a cement structure with white iron railing on far left of photo; line of cedar? trees on right of photo. Rows of crosses with a tall cross and wreath at center of photo. Text on cross reads: "Victims of the Maine (?)". Written on front of the photo in pencil: "Mr. 100 100 10 10 10 10 10 10 [line] 100". Written on back in pencil: "Judge J. H. P. Davis brought these back from Cuba" and "Miss Belle". The photograph is mounted on a black cardboard substrate. Image dimensions are: 20 cm x 11.9 cm.
Date: [1900..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men and boys sitting and standing near the "Gran Hotel"]

The photograph is a street scene with well dressed men sitting and standing near the entrance to a hotel ("Gran Hotel" sign above doorway). Text at the bottom of the photograph reads: "Havana men about town "on dress parade, " in front of the Hotel Inglaterra. Cuban and Spanish swells gather here every morning and evening, to see and to be seen."
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

[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 street scene with people on the left and right street sidewalks]

This photograph shows a street scene with people on left and right street sidewalks and at the end of the street. There are several banners hung across the awning covered narrow street. A clock shaped like a large pocket watch is hanging from a building near the top right corner of the photograph. Text below the photo reads: "View in Obisbo Street (renamed Weyler Street) - the Broadway of Havana. 'Tis covered the entire length with awnings. Merchants stand in doorways, awaiting the coming of Spanish troops." Written in pencil around the perimeter of the photograph: "Mr. JH P Davis Richmond, Texas Texas Mr JHP Davis Texas J H P".
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man milking a cow in a street]

The photo shows a man milking a cow in a street. Text below the photo reads: "In Havana, as elsewhere, milk dealers are suspected of watering the milk. This dealer avoids suspicion by milking his cow in the presence of his customer."
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

[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 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 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

[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 street scene in Havana]

A street scene of people standing on a narrow street in Cuba. There are two horses and buggies approaching the camera. Signs and banners hang from the buildings. Text at bottom of photo reads: " A typical side street in Havana, showing the narrow sidewalks, the pavement, the condition of street traffic, the low houses, the street signs, the omnipresent church, and the general conditions of life in the Cuban metropolis."
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two photographs of Cuban belles]

There are two photographs on this page. The photo on the left shows two women wearing dark colored dresses talking to a man in a suit and hat. A metal partition separates the women from the man. The photograph on the right side of the page is of a woman dressed in a white dress with a flower on her left shoulder. The woman has her right hand up near her face where she is holding the end of a lace mantilla. Text below the photographs reads: "Two prominent Cuban belles. Senoritas Isabella and Anita, daughters of prominent families. They sat for these photographs under a promise that their family name should be withheld. Flirting in Havana is done behind window bars, with a duenna at hand. The arrangement of the mantilla is a fine art." Written in pencil around perimeter of photograph: "Cuba. Texas Cuba J. H. P. Davis Cubaya (?)".
Date: [1900..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T. B. Wessendorff residence in Richmond, Texas]

Photograph of the T. B. Wessendorff residence in Richmond, Texas. This photograph copy was found in envelope 2000.053.010a. The house is a two and a half story white wooden house with dark trim. The house has a porch that wraps around one corner. The house has diamond shaped accents on windows and painted on the turret above the corner porch. There is a second floor balcony area on either side of the turret. Each gable of the roof has an half circle shaped window. There is a dormer to the left of the turret. The house is enclosed by a white picket fence. There is a hexagon shaped building to the left rear of the house and a white wooden building to the right rear. Text at bottom of photo reads: "T. B. Wessendorff. Res. Richmond Tex. 11."
Date: [1901..1905]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frances Lee Baker as an infant, reclining on a floral coverlet]

Photograph of an infant reclining on a floral coverlet. Writing on the back of the photograph identifies the infant as: "Frances Lee Baker Age six months". In this studio portrait, Francis is wearing a white one piece outfit with lace trim. She has a bracelet on her left wrist and a ring on a finger of her left hand. The photograph has been cropped into an oval and mounted on a dark gray matte. The matte has an embossed line that borders the perimeter of the photograph. Written in gold on the matte: "Hartung MAH [initials intertwined] Brownwood Texas".
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History