Photo album of trip to Cuba, Guatemala, and Honduras

Ziegler’s photographs document the journey of the T.E.S. Antigua (of the United Fruit Company's Great White Fleet) from a New York harbor to locations in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; Puerto Barrios, Guatemala; and Puerto Cortés, Honduras. These images include various portraits of the ship’s guests and crew and scenic views from the ship. More centrally, the album depicts touristic travels through Central American ports. This includes local life in the native quarter in Guatemala, the Tela Railroad and scenes of a banana plantation with its grading and loading station in Guanacastal, Honduras, as well as sites in Santiago de Cuba such as the Plaza de Cespedes and its earthquake-destroyed hotel, the Bacardi Gardens, and the cathedral. The album contains 105 captioned photographs as well as 16 pieces of ephemera from the cruise. These items include a detailed travel itinerary, a postcard of the S.S. Antigua, a travel agency’s business card, Ziegler’s tourist ID card from the United Fruit Company, and a map of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico with their route outlined, and list of items to be gathered for a scavenger-hunt style prize. The album both depicts the experience of a group of middle-class Americans enjoying a cruise of foreign locales, and alludes to the effect of American corporations on Central American economies during the 20th century.