Description - The Havana Archive by Basil Hyman
Havana: 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 books 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. AUTHOR: Basil Hyman is the author of 'Collecting Photography', 'The G Plan Revolution: A Celebration of British Popular Furniture of the 1950s and 1960s' (With Stephen Bragg) and of 'The Lost Album'. Illustrated throughout
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