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Author / Creator:	Hyman, Basil.
Imprint:	[London] : Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2014.
Description:	160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Language:	English Spanish
Subject:	Printed ephemera -- Cuba -- Havana. Printed ephemera. Havana (Cuba) -- History -- Pictorial works. Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959 -- Pictorial works. Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959. Cuba. Cuba -- Havana. History. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9798609

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Other authors / contributors:	Booth-Clibborn, Julia. Bennett, Anna (Editor)
ISBN:	9781861543295 1861543298
Notes:	T.p. on lining papers. Some items featured include Spanish text.
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.

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Call Number:	f F1799.H343 H96 2014
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