Jacmel Collection

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Title

Jacmel Collection

Description

This collection contains born digital items from Jean-Elie Gilles. He is an historian, poet, author, literature professor, and public intellectual who has written several texts about Jacmel, Haiti, where he lives and works. The complete collection contains 82 images, 10 documents, 2 powerpoint presentations, 2 videos and 2 audio recordings about Jacmel, Haiti. It includes records of the Jewish community that existed in Jacmel during the late 19th and early 20th century. The 28 records here are just a sample of the entire collection.

Source

Jean-Elie Gilles, 2023

Type

still image

Identifier

HC3200

Coverage

Jacmel (Haiti)

Collection Items

Four generations of descendants of the great Jacmelian families
Four generations of descendants of the great Jacmelian families.

Fountain of the Public Market of Jacmel
Fountain of the Public Market of Jacmel includes the image of a lion face.

View of Jacmel, Particularly Jacmel Town Hall
View of Jacmel, Particularly Jacmel Town Hall

Adeline Danies
Adeline Danies, hotelier of Jewish descent, owner of the Craft Pension, in Jacmel.

Bay of Jacmel
Bay of Jacmel, seen from a mountain

Pool of I Hotel Florita, Jewish House
Pool of I Hotel Florita, Jewish House, 19th century

Bernard Danies
Bernard Danies (b. 1878), Jew of Jacmel

Commerce in Jacmel
Direction Generale des Travaux Publics. 5 Aout 1930. Bureau du Telegraphe- Jacmel

Stairs with Poem by Haitian Poet, Rene Depestre (b. 1926)
Stairs with Poem by Haitian Poet, Rene Depestre (b. 1926)

Jewish Students from Jacmel in their Parisian Uniforms
Jewish Students from Jacmel in their Parisian Uniforms
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