(CUBA) Album containing 50 photographs by Lamarque

Sale 2132 - Lot 322

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(CUBA)
Album containing 50 photographs by Lamarque of Cuba, including multiple views of Caney, residents along the San Juan River, picturesque views and city scenes depicting construction. Silver prints, 7 1/4x9 inches (18.4x22.8 cm.), with handwritten captions, in English, on mount recto and the photographer's captions in the plate. Oblong folio, 1/4 morocco, front cover detached; contents disbound; with Lamarque's signature on rear pastedown. Circa 1901

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Caney was an important site of conflict during the Spanish-American War. Photographs in the album focus on locations of historical interest concerning the Spanish-American War ("San Juan Hill Monument," "Punta Gorda Hill," "Bloody Bend," and "The Surrender Tree") and of various public works in process.