Images of Güines

You are not an old enough Güinero unless you remember…

By José M. Estévez Casanova

That when talking about Vestal we are not referring to the Goddess Vesta, but to the name of the shoe store that Fernando Madera had in the Plaza Hotel’s building…

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That El Castillo (The Castle) is not precisely one of those feudal buildings of the last century, but simply the name of the fine grocery business of Florentino Hernández de Armas, located on Máximo Gómez Street in its corner with Pinillos Street…

(Copied from La Villa magazine, official voice of Círculo Güinero de Los Ángeles, #107, November-December 1982,
#108, January-February-March 1983, #109, April-September 1983, #110, October-December 1983, #111, January-June 1984,
#112, July-August-September 1984, #113, October-November-December 1984, #114, January-June 1985,
#116, November-December 1985, #117, January-February-March 1986 and #120, January-February-March 1987)

Translated by the staff of Círculo Güinero de Los Ángeles

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Vestal Shoe Factory owned by Fernando Madera. Photo from Diario de la Marina (Navy's Daily), No. 25, Havana, Thursday, April 11, 1929