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The Havana Archive

Title
The Havana Archive / Basil Hyman ; [edited by Julia Booth-Clibborn & Anna Bennett].
Author
Hyman, Basil.
Publication
[London] : Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2014.

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Additional Authors
  • Booth-Clibborn, Julia.
  • Bennett, Anna.
Description
160 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm
Summary
"Once the playground of the rich and famous, where Cuban rum flowed in legendary nightclubs, luxury hotels, and casinos, and celebrities danced the mambo till dawn--as well as a vital hub for drug running and money laundering. This fascinating book, drawn from an archive of press photographs and ephemera thought to have been the property of Capone-era Chicago gangster and bookie Grover Dullard, captures the essence of Havana from the 1920s through the '50s with a wealth of evocative detail. Photographer Basil Hyman discovered this trove of Cuban treasures in Paris, and it led him on a voyage of discovery to Havana's rich past. His book's unique visual approach builds a picture of glamour and decadence in a mixture of photographs and memorabilia--postcards, menus, cocktail napkins, matchbooks, and much more; some reproduced as removable facsimiles. This book will transport the reader back to a long-lost world"--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Printed ephemera > Havana
  • Havana (Cuba) > History > Pictorial works
  • Cuba > History > 1933-1959 > Pictorial works
  • Cuba > History > 1933-1959
  • Cuba
  • Cuba > Havana
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
ISBN
  • 9781861543295
  • 1861543298
LCCN
99958408706
OCLC
  • 781677587
  • ocn781677587
  • SCSB-5743104
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries