PHOTO LOG
Roll One
| 1-16 MLK Center bus (from the Dairyland Cooperative, Waukesha, WI). Alberto, Rita, Khin Khin, and Malinda. At the Jose Marti International Airport parking lot. | |
| 1-17 Downtown Havana, natural harbor, Malecon, embattlements of Castillo Murro, cars, and tourbus. | |
| 1-18 Along the Malecon, downtown Havana. | |
| 1-19 The “Jesus on the Hill” for Havana, national meteorological center (building with the bulb), the Malecon and harbor. | |
| 1-20 Santa Isabel Hotel, downtown Havana. | |
| 1-21 Parts of the old fortified city, downtown Havana. | |
| 1-22 Monument to Carlos Manual de Cespedes, one of the leaders of the first war for independence, a landowner who freed his slaves. | |
| 1-23 Former palace of ??? in downtown Havana. Now a museum of sorts. | |
| 1-24 Street of Old Havana. Pink building is the Café Ambos Mundos, of Ernest Hemingway fame. |
Roll Two
2-1 Café Ambos Mundos, of Ernest Hemingway fame.
2-2 View of Havana Harbor, Castillo Morro, Old Havana from the top of Café Ambos.
2-3 Same as 2-2, but a pan to the right.
2-4 Monument to Simon Bolivar, liberator of much of Latin America.
2-5 Tower of St. Francis of Assisi cathedral, downtown Havana.
2-6 Contrast in building repair in downtown Havana.
2-7 Castillo Morro from the Malecon.
2-8 Street vendor paintings along the Malecon, downtown Havana.
2-9 Street vendor paintings along the Malecon, downtown Havana.
2-10 Courtyard of the MLK Center in Marianao.
2-11 Courtyard of the MLK Center in Marianao.
2-12 Poster of Fidel Castro in the principal’s office of the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-13 Computer lab at the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-14 Exercise area of the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-15 Kinder-exercise at the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-16 Sixth-grade English language class at the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-17 Sixth-grade Math class at the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-18 Michigan group in the cafeteria, with Alberto Gonzalez and the principal of the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-19 Kids during a snack break at the Montalvo Brothers Elementary School, Marianao.
2-20 Housing and street in the Marianao area, near a MLK Center house-building effort.
2-21 Private wood-carving business of a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, in a house built through an MLK Center project.
2-22 Private wood-carving business of a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, in a house built through an MLK Center project.
2-23 Housing and street in the Marianao area, near a MLK Center house-building effort.
2-24 Downtown Havana, plaza of the revolution. The large sculpture is of Jose Marti.
2-25 Relief of Che Guevara on an office building at the plaza of the revolution (not printed by Shopko).
Roll Three
3-1 The Museum of the Revolution, formerly the Palace of the Capitan Governors, the seat of pre-revolution government and Fulgencio Batista’s home.
3-2 In front of the Museum of the Revolution, part of the old city wall, and an gothic style church.
3-3 Streets of downtown Havana.
3-4 Streets of downtown Havana.
3-5 Streets of downtown Havana.
3-6 Farmer’s market, Rita Ojeda and Peg Wilson.
3-7 Farmer’s market.
3-8 Farmer’s market – pork stand.
3-9 Some of the old cars of Cuba.
3-10 Family doctor in front of her clinic (home on second floor).
3-11 Urban garden experiment and demonstration station. Greenhouse and beds.
3-12 Urban garden experiment and demonstration station. Beds and bananas. Tomatoes, lettuce, beans, tubers, etc.
3-13 Seed and tool store for urban gardens. Also extension services.
3-14 Seeds available from seed store.
3-15 Agricultural production cooperative. Mixed plantings, five species in this case. Bananas in background. Also animal husbandry and fruit trees (including coffee).
3-16 Oil rigs along the shore of the Caribbean Sea.
3-17 Electric generation plant between Havana & Matanzas (oil powered).
3-18 Tapestry at the Presbyterian Church in Matanzas.
3-19 City and harbor of Matanzas, from the Theological Evangelical Seminary.
3-20 Brad, from the North Carolina Presbyterian mission group.
3-21 The Dora Valentin Presbyterian Reformed Church in Varadero.
3-22 United Methodist Church in Havana.
3-23 Sugar cane.
3-24 Sugar cane.
3-25 Not printed by Shopko.
Roll Four
4-1 Cattle crossing highway on the highway between Havana & Pinos del Rio.
4-2 Cattle under a ceiba tree.
4-3 Blank?
4-4 A new living fence.
4-5 State-built farmstead. Perched structure are water catchers.
4-6 Highway between Havana & Pinar del Rio.
4-7 Sign at entrance of Las Terrazas ecological park.
4-8 Road into Las Terrazas, Rosario Mountains.
4-9 Claire & Bill at the tourist center in Las Terrazas.
4-10 Tourist center by an impoundment in Las Terrazas.
4-11 Lunch at the house of the former French coffee plantation.
4-12 Rosario Mountains, former French coffee plantation.
4-13 Coffee drying beds of the plantation, the “barracones” of the slaves are off the right.
4-14 Claire feeding chickens at the house of the former French coffee plantation.
4-15 Claire swimming in the San Juan River in Las Terrazas.
4-16 Further upstream along the San Juan River in Las Terrazas.
4-17 Failed attempt to photograph a passing truck driver from the bus.
4-18 Claire getting her hair dyed by Heidi.
4-19 Claire getting her hair dyed by Heidi.
4-20 Revolutionary sign “Por Nuestra Revolucion de Ideas Dispuestos a Continuar”. In English, it reads “
4-21 Blanca (MLK Center room keeper), Claire with dyed hair, and Rita Ojeda. The mural in the background is at the MLK Center.
4-22 Ebenezer Baptist Church, the home church for the MLK Center.
4-23 One of the “camels”, which are custom-built bus trailers pulled by a semi-tractor.
4-24 Betsy’s first reaction Claire’s dyed hair.