TonyR Posted April 5, 2008 Posted April 5, 2008 here's a photo from the turn of the 20th Cent. No badges are discernable but the guajiros are in full force.Tony
TonyR Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Here's another 19thC with the caption on the photo "Capt. Gen Castellanes & Staff leaving Havana 1-1-1899". with these following words written on the reverse (in English): The Capt Gen leaving Havana Jan 1st 1899 for Madrid Spain hard to tell who was the happiest the spanish soldier or Cuban both seamed to happy (sic). I believe the spanish soldier to be the happy man in this day.
TonyR Posted April 5, 2008 Author Posted April 5, 2008 Close up of military dignitaries during Spanish departure:
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