Finding aid for the American Photo Company Cuba photograph album 0598
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2023 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: American Photo Company Cuba photograph album
Creator:
American Photo Co.
Creator:
Wright, Irene Aloha, 1879-1972
Identifier/Call Number: 0598
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
1 box
Date: circa 1911
Abstract: Photograph album consisting of 27 black and white silver prints, each approximately 8 x 10", of Cuba. Scenes include landscapes,
city scapes, and genre scenes. Each photograph is accompanied by a glassine leaf with typed photo descriptions. Of particular
note are photographs of both the sinking and raising of the USS Maine. Also includes a poem written by Irene Wright, who
may have been the owner of the album. Wright was an American historian who spent time in Havana as a writer for the Havana
Post, an editor of the Havana Telegraph, and owner of the Cuban Magazine.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1
Photograph album consisting of 27 black and white silver prints, each approximately 8 x 10", of Cuba. Scenes include landscapes,
city scapes, and genre scenes. One of the photographs is identified with the American Photo Company's information, and the
others include what can be assumed are inventory/negative numbers. Each photograph is accompanied by a glassine leaf with
typed photo descriptions. Of particular note are photographs of both the sinking and raising of the USS Maine. Also includes
a poem written by Irene Wright, who may have been the owner of the album.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], American Photo Company Cuba photograph album, Collection no. 0598, Boeckmann Center for Iberian
and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Buckingham Books, 2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cuba -- Description and travel -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Cuba -- Photographs
Cuba -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
Photograph albums
Photographs
American Photo Co. -- Archives
Wright, Irene Aloha, 1879-1972 -- Archives