Cuban Sugar Workers and Sugar Mills Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 026

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Group of 11 photographs, 5 negatives and 6 prints, detailing views of sugar mills, workers and life in the countryside of Cuba.

Dates

Creation: circa 1950-1960

Creator

Eagle, Arnold. (Person)

Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical Note

Arnold Eagle (1909-1992) was an American-Hungarian photographer. During the 1940s Eagle worked with Roy Striker in the Standard Oil Project, a visual document of life in New Jersey, where the company was headquartered, across the nation, and abroad, including Cuba.

Extent

0.01 Linear feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Group of 11 photographs, 5 negatives, and 6 prints taken by Arnold Eagle detailing views of sugar mills, workers and life in the countryside of Cuba.

Physical Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Alternate Form of Finding Aid

This guide is available in Spanish at https://www.uflib.ufl.edu/findingaids/Spanish/msgroup26.pdf.

Acquisition Information

The collection was purchased in 2004.

Alternative Format Available

Digital reproductions of items in the Cuban Sugar Workers and Sugar Mills Photographs are available online via the University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC). Please read the Permissions for Use statement for information on copyright, fair use, and use of UFDC digital objects.