Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Work Type:
photographs
Creator:
Harmon, Victor (n.d.), photographer
Date:
1900
Description:
Collection of 24 photographs taken during a trip to Cuba, chiefly of sites of importance in the Spanish-American War.
Location:
Subject: Cuba
Topics:
Spanish-American War, 1898
Note:
Provenance: Gift of the Theodore Roosevelt (then Roosevelt Memorial) Association, 1943. Given to the Roosevelt Memorial Association by Victor Harmon, 1938. General: Title supplied by cataloger. Photographs are numbered in columns on mounted boards shelved under TRC-PH-1. Access to original material is restricted because of condition. Consultation requires permission of the collection curator. Preferred citation for publication: Victor Harmon Photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22). Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library. Historical: "Taken by me while I was on the steam yacht 'May' owned by Mr. & Mrs. Alex Van Rensselaer of Philadelphia, winter of 1900, cruising through the west Indies and South America." Quote attributed to Victor Harmon by donor. Production: Cataloging and imaging funded by the Ratus Lee Kelly Fund for Houghton Library.
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Five unidentified people standing in the wreck of the cruiser Vizcaya, Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Vizcaya (Cruiser) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks; cruisers (warships)
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Wreck of the Vizcaya, Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Vizcaya (Cruiser) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks; cruisers (warships)
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Probably near the wreck of the cruiser Vizcaya, Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Vizcaya (Cruiser) (n.d.), associated name
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
The wreck of the Almirante Oquendo, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Almirante Oquendo (Cruiser) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks; cruisers (warships)
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Interior of the wreck of the cruiser Vizcaya, Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Vizcaya (Cruiser) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks; cruisers (warships)
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Tip of the main mast of the sunken Merrimac, Santiago de Cuba Bay (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 9 centimeters
Associated Name:
Merrimac (Steamer) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Castillo del Morro, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). The title caption misidentifies this as Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 9 centimeters
Location:
Subject: Castillo del Morro, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Topics:
fortresses
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Castillo del Morro, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). The title caption misidentifies this as Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 9 centimeters
Location:
Subject: Castillo del Morro, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Topics:
fortresses
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Historical: An outlying fortification of Castillo del Morro, Cabaña Fortress was used as a military prison after the Spanish-American War. General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Havana Harbor with Cabaña Fortress in background, Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Location:
Subject: Havana, Cuba Subject: Cabaña Fortress, Havana, Cuba
Topics:
fortresses; prisons; harbors
Note:
Historical: An outlying fortification of Castillo del Morro, Cabaña Fortress was used as a military prison after the Spanish-American War. General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Two thatched-roof structures, San Juan Heights (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Location:
Subject: San Juan Heights, Cuba
Topics:
thatched roofs
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount. Subject: San Juan Heights is the name of a stretch of rolling hills around Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). The area contains two high spots along its north-south axis, one called San Juan Hill and the other called Kettle Hill. Often the entire area of San Juan Heights is mistakenly referred to as San Juan Hill.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Santiago Surrender Tree, the tree under which Spanish forces surrendered to U.S. forces, 1898 July 17, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba).
Dimensions:
11 x 9 centimeters
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Topics:
war memorials; trees
Note:
Historical: By act of Congress the tree became the responsibility of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 1958 July 1. The tree has since died, but the site is still marked as a monument. General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount. Subject: San Juan Heights is the name of a stretch of rolling hills around Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). The area contains two high spots along its north-south axis, one called San Juan Hill and the other called Kettle Hill. Often the entire area of San Juan Heights is mistakenly referred to as San Juan Hill.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Several unidentified people in front of a monument to fallen Rough Riders, Santiago de Cuba (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st (n.d.), associated name
Location:
Subject: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Topics:
soldiers' monuments
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount. Subject: San Juan Heights is the name of a stretch of rolling hills around Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). The area contains two high spots along its north-south axis, one called San Juan Hill and the other called Kettle Hill. Often the entire area of San Juan Heights is mistakenly referred to as San Juan Hill.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Wreck of the Battleship Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba.
Item Identifier:
560.3 (Roosevelt Class No.)
Work Type:
photographs
Date:
1900
Description:
Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 12 centimeters
Associated Name:
Maine (Battleship) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Havana, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Wreck of the Battleship Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba.
Item Identifier:
560.3 (Roosevelt Class No.)
Work Type:
photographs
Date:
1900
Description:
Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 9 centimeters
Associated Name:
Maine (Battleship) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Havana, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Wreck of the Battleship Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba.
Item Identifier:
560.3 (Roosevelt Class No.)
Work Type:
photographs
Date:
1900
Description:
Havana (Cuba).
Dimensions:
9 x 9 centimeters
Associated Name:
Maine (Battleship) (n.d.), subject
Location:
Subject: Havana, Cuba
Topics:
shipwrecks
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506), Italy, associated name
Location:
Subject: Columbus Memorial Chapel, Havana, Cuba
Topics:
chapels; monuments
Note:
General: Title from typed caption on back of photograph mount.
Related Work:
From: Victor Harmon photographs of Cuba (Roosevelt R560.3.H22).
Use Restrictions:
Theodore Roosevelt Collection:This material is owned or held by the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission. Please contact the collection curator.
