| Photos of Cuba: Spanish-American War Era (1898) |
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| A TYPICAL SANTA FE RESIDENCE: These houses are constructed of concrete and adobe, roofed over with red tiling. The photograph shows native woman indulging in a cigarette while washing clothes. | NATIVE OF SANTA FE: Showing popular method of carrying burdens in Isle of Pines (Isla de la Juventud). | SUBURBAN HABITATIONS AND NATIVE TYPES, SANTA FE, ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD |
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| CUSTOM HOUSE AT NUEVA GERONA, ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD): Showing how all kinds of merchandise is shipped in sacks with straw padding. Also the various types found on the island, from the fair-complected Spaniard to the ebony-skinned negro. | PORTION OF SANTA FE, ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD): Showing location of town in the midst of densely wooded valley, and surrounded by forest-clad foothills. | THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION ENTERING THE SUBURBS OF HAVANA |
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| NATIVE BAKER ON HIS ROUNDS | GREEK FISHING BOAT, OFF ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD): The boat is loaded with the products of the island, principally yuca, which is one of the most valuable articles of commerce. The man on the left was preparing breakfast of fish and rice over a charcoal fire when Mr. Townsend took the picture. | A CARIB "AUNTIE," ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD): There is little, if any, social distinction in the islands on account of color. The races associate together, and even intermarry, without losing caste or social position. |
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| BRIDGE ACROSS THE SANTA FE RIVER, ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD), NEAR THE TOWN OF SANTA FE: This photograph shows the mode of traveling adopted by our artist, Mr. W.B. Townsend, in the Isle of Pines, together with his guide, assistant and outfit. Senor Bloy Lopez, the guide, was a leader of the insurgents on the island, and has the marks of twenty machete wounds on different parts of his body, received in the various battles and combats in which he took part. | BAHIA DEL CERRO (BAY OF THE HILLS): This place derives its name from its proximity to the interior foot-hills with which it is connected by a river of considerable size. It was formerly a favorite landing-place of the pirates and Buccaneers during the period of their dominance in the West Indian seas. | BUCCANEERS' COVE, ISLE OF PINES (ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD): A noted resort of Buccaneers. Showing, also, the interior range of mountains, to whose influence the salubrity and healthfulness of the climate are largely due. |
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