21 de septiembre de 2018

Van Horne en el patio del Hotel Camagüey (1910)

Foto Naranjo. Camagüey, febrero 1910. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. fonds Sir William Van Horne, a213804.

2 de septiembre de 2018

Antilla o "La Segunda Habana"





Texto tomado de "Camilo (Cienfuegos) en Antilla. Oscar Larralde Otero. Editorial La Mezquita. Holguín, 2013.



2 de agosto de 2018

Talan centenario almendro del patio del antiguo Hotel Camagüey (2)

En el periódico Adelante del pasado 9 de junio apareció una nota sobre la tala del centenario almedro de los jardines del antiguo Hotel Camagüey. Esta semana, la Dirección Provincial de Cultura respondió sobre el tema:


22 de junio de 2018

Los Van Horne en la mesa






Gastronomie québécoise et patrimoine. Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2013.
Capítulo 4. Annie Chouinard: "De la tablette à la table. L'alimentation bourgeoise à Montréal à la fin de XIX siècle.


18 de junio de 2018

Del album de Richard Benedict Van Horne

Foto: Revista Social. La Habana. Agosto, 1929


David Sullivan sobre Richard Benedict Van Horne:

"Like his father and his Aunt Mary, Benny was handy with brush and pen. His letters home from Holbrook's Military School were frequently adorned with humorous pen and pencil sketches of school life, and by the time he was in his late teens they showed considerable ability. He was quite proud of this talent. He produced not only the "Covenhoven Follies," already mentioned, but also two similar but lesser quality works called "A Basketful of Pups" and "Getting an Earful." In 1928, when he was in his late forties, he paid the Todd Company over $1,200 for 200 reproductions of each of these three booklets"