Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.4w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper
Type:
Postcard
Place:
Cuba
Havana (Cuba)
Date:
c. 1908
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Eugene Amandus Schwarz, the recipient of this postcard, was an entomologist from the Department of Agriculture, which was associated with the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History.
Summary:
Color postcard of the Central Park and Plaza Hotel in Habana (Havana), Cuba. On the right side of the image is the park, with palm trees and other foliage. The left side of the image shows a street and several buildings. The postcard is addressed to E.A. (Eugene A.)Schwarz at the National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. The message for him is as follows:
"Dear Mr. Schwarz There are not as many Florida beetles in Pinar as I expected but on the Pines & Palmetto & on the ground the genera at least are very Similar- C.W. Leng,"
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7323, Box 17, Folder: 25
