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The new Cuba: Now the Isle of Pines has been transformed by farms and schools and happy people like these Cuban women
The new Cuba: Now the Isle of Pines has been transformed by farms and schools and happy people like these Cuban women

The new Cuba: Now the Isle of Pines has been transformed by farms and schools and happy people like these Cuban women

Date3/29/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: The new Cuba: Now the Isle of Pines has been transformed by farms and schools and happy people like these Cuban women.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117019F
The Old Cuba: This huge prison on the Isle of Pines was used by Cuban dictator Fulgencia Batista to house political prisoners as well as criminals
The Old Cuba: This huge prison on the Isle of Pines was used by Cuban dictator Fulgencia Batista to house political prisoners as well as criminals
3/29/1975
A Cuban woman, driving a tractor on the Isle fo Pines, is supposed to get more help with chores at home under the country's new family code
A Cuban woman, driving a tractor on the Isle fo Pines, is supposed to get more help with chores at home under the country's new family code
11/5/1975
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
Christmas Trees start their Long Journeys, Getting read for Christmas, the harvest is under way at Richardson Farms, north of Orono, where 250,000 Scotch pines grow on the 400 acres
11/11/1974
School student Nuns tractor on Isle of Pines
School student Nuns tractor on Isle of Pines
n.d.
Juan Acosta, 22, and his wife Leonora Live in one of the new villages set up on the Isle of Pines by Castro
Juan Acosta, 22, and his wife Leonora Live in one of the new villages set up on the Isle of Pines by Castro
1/11/1969
Cell once occupied by Castro in prison on Isle of Pines
Cell once occupied by Castro in prison on Isle of Pines
n.d.
Two young boys take a spell of guard duty outside their schools Posters throughout Cuba exhort young Cubans to emulate Che. Many are eager to join guerrillas in other Latin American countries
Two young boys take a spell of guard duty outside their schools Posters throughout Cuba exhort young Cubans to emulate Che. Many are eager to join guerrillas in other Latin American countries
n.d.
Indian parolees pile lumber for their sawmill, which saws red pines planted by previous inmates at the former Burwash prison farm
Indian parolees pile lumber for their sawmill, which saws red pines planted by previous inmates at the former Burwash prison farm
11/6/1984
Mexico city (UPI)-Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo and Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday called for the United States to end its economic blockade against Cuba and withdraw from the Guantanamo naval base, the Cuban news agency said, The heads of [Incomplete]
Mexico city (UPI)-Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo and Cuban President Fidel Castro yesterday called for the United States to end its economic blockade against Cuba and withdraw from the Guantanamo naval base, the Cuban news agency said, The heads of [Incomplete]
5/28/1980
Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged, they say
Prairie farmers chuckle quietly when they talk about a sudden drop in official figures for the amount of surplus wheat on their farms. Much of it has been bootlegged and books rigged, they say
1/16/1970
Ready to serve: Rev. Carolyn Holland stands by pulpit of York Pines United Church in Kettleby. The former high school dropout gave up on religion as a(...)
Ready to serve: Rev. Carolyn Holland stands by pulpit of York Pines United Church in Kettleby. The former high school dropout gave up on religion as a(...)
12/8/1981
A collection of animals greet millionaire Paul Durish and his family and friends as they arrive at the Erin farm Durish has transformed into a wild li(...)
A collection of animals greet millionaire Paul Durish and his family and friends as they arrive at the Erin farm Durish has transformed into a wild li(...)
8/13/1973