Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection 1901-1952.

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Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection 1901-1952.

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The Augustus C. Mayhew, Jr. Photograph Collection consists of black and white photographs of the Mayhew and McAbee families during their time living in the American colony of La Gloria in the province of Camag©ơey, Cuba. The photographs include views of La Gloria from 1901 to 1952, the Mayhew family and neighbors, and the Mayhew apiary "Bee Ranch" and orange groves.

1.00 Folders (0.10 linear ft. (1 folder of 45 photographs))

University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969051

University of Miami, Otto G. Richter Library

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McAbee family.

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Mayhew family.

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Mayhew , Augustus C., 1879-1961.

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Augustus C. Mayhew (1879-1961) was born in South Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Theodore and Jennie (Dugan) Mayhew. In 1901, he traveled aboard a steamship operated by the Cuban-American Steamship Company to La Gloria, Cuba, where he had purchased land. In La Gloria, which came to be the largest American settlement on the island, Mayhew operated an apiary on his property, the "Bee Ranch" and exported honey. In about 1915, Mayhew married Beulah Nevada McAbee, the daught...