File:Standard guide to Cuba - a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book (1909) (14781097772).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,014 × 2,496 pixels, file size: 790 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: standardguidetoc00reyn (find matches)
Title: Standard guide to Cuba : a new and complete guide to the island of Cuba, with maps, illustrations, routes of travel, history, and an English-Spanish phrase book
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Reynolds, Charles B. (Charles Bingham), 1856-1940
Subjects:
Publisher: Havana : New York : Foster & Reynolds
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
CALLE OBISPO. to take home for souvenirs. In the old days when the toreador was thehero of Havana, everybody bought bull fight fans; the bull ring has longsince been abolished, but people still buy bull fight fans; they are inex-pensive and may be used for room decorations. In the shops devotedpartly or exclusively to fans, there is wide range of choice as to styles andprices; the cost runs from a few cents to hundreds of dollars. Among OBISPO AND OREILLY. 43
Text Appearing After Image:
CALLE OREILLY. the most expensive are those with sticks of carved ivory inlaid with goldand mounted with small oval mirrors on the outer sides and the fans hand-painted or embroidered. The use of the fan in Cuba is universal. There is one article without which the Cuban lady would not feel at home for asingle moment; it is the fan, which is a positive necessity to her, and she learns itsconuettish and graceful use from early childhood. Formed of various rich materials,it glitters in her hand like a gaudy butterfly, now half, now wholly shading her 44 77//: STAXDAKD GUlDli. radiant ace, which quicklj peeks out again from behind the shelter like the moonfrom out a gilded cloud. The little article (always rich and expensive), perfectly in-dispensable in a Cuban ladys costume, in her hands seems almost to speak; she has awitching flirt with it that expresses scorn; a graceful wave of complaisance, an abruptclosing of it that indicates vexation or anger; a gradual and cautious opening of i

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14781097772/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:standardguidetoc00reyn
  • bookyear:1909
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Reynolds__Charles_B___Charles_Bingham___1856_1940
  • bookpublisher:Havana___New_York___Foster___Reynolds
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Pittsburgh_Library_System
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:68
  • bookcollection:university_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014



Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14781097772. It was reviewed on 26 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

26 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:16, 26 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 23:16, 26 September 20152,014 × 2,496 (790 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': standardguidetoc00reyn ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fstandardguidetoc00reyn%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Standard_guide_to_Cuba_-_a_new_and_complete_guide_to_the_island_of_Cuba,_with_maps,_illustrations,_routes_of_travel,_history,_and_an_English-Spanish_phrase_book_(1909)_(14781097772).jpg&oldid=875431037"