Cigar manufacturing had existed in Key West since the 1830s, as it was close to Cuba's tobacco fields. Though many firms moved to the Tampa area in the late 1880s, the industry still was continued by this and other companies. Unlabeled views include shipboard life, coasts, Key West, Nassau, Dry Tortugas, Sand Key Lighthouse, and fishing. Street scenes are conspicuously absent. Photographs were apparently taken by someone cruising on a small yacht.
Platinum prints post-bound in a leather album.
Gilt edged and intaglio. Elevations and plans for the El Paso Hotel, Miami Beach. Building was constructed in the Mission Revival style. Gift of Janice M. Carpenter, 1994. Specifications detail materials and instruction for their use in the construction of the apartment buildings.