Item Details

USA, 1940s, Disbound

VG

[CUBA] Vintage Lot c1940s Travel Broadsides MIAMI BEACH TO HAVANA CRUISES Paramount

Twenty (20) identical broadsides. 22” long x 6” wide. Very good condition. Never used.

History

Miami-to-Cuba, before Fidel Castro seized power in 1959, were common overnight sailings for U.S. citizens to take a "trip abroad'' and visit "the Paris of the Americas.''  In the postwar era, the United States enjoyed unrivaled prosperity and Havana was a favorite playground of mobsters, celebrities, politicians (including a young John F. Kennedy) and thousands of ordinary tourists. Passports for U.S. citizens were not required.