ORIGINAL WESTERN UNION CABLEGRAMA
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY
- Havana, Cuba: Western Union, 8 April 1937
An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind historic collectible, beautifully framed.
This is the ORIGINAL Western Union Cablegrama dated and sent from Havana, Cuba on April 8, 1937 to General Franco, Salamanca, Spain. It is sent from Elicio Arguelles, head of Franco's Nationalist Committee in Cuba, to Franco in Salamanca. The message translates into English as follows:
THE SPANISH NATIONALIST COMMITTEE SENDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AS MEDIATION FOR THOSE RECONQUERING SPANISH SOIL
What makes this unique piece truly extraordinary is that beneath the printed message, written in ink, in his instantly recognizable hand, is a three-line notation:
"Salamanca" / Spain 1937 / Earnest Hemingway
The background is this: The sender, Arguelles, is the father of Hemingway's close friend of the same name, Elicio Arguelles, Jr., the fisherman in the famous photograph of himself standing beside Hemingway with the 900-pound Marlin they caught. As was customary at the time, the sender also received a copy of the telegram. His copy went to the son who in turn gave it to Hemingway to sign.
This is an absolutely one-of-a-kind collectible, of considerable historical significance. A major collectible.
This is the ORIGINAL Western Union Cablegrama dated and sent from Havana, Cuba on April 8, 1937 to General Franco, Salamanca, Spain. It is sent from Elicio Arguelles, head of Franco's Nationalist Committee in Cuba, to Franco in Salamanca. The message translates into English as follows:
THE SPANISH NATIONALIST COMMITTEE SENDS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AS MEDIATION FOR THOSE RECONQUERING SPANISH SOIL
What makes this unique piece truly extraordinary is that beneath the printed message, written in ink, in his instantly recognizable hand, is a three-line notation:
"Salamanca" / Spain 1937 / Earnest Hemingway
The background is this: The sender, Arguelles, is the father of Hemingway's close friend of the same name, Elicio Arguelles, Jr., the fisherman in the famous photograph of himself standing beside Hemingway with the 900-pound Marlin they caught. As was customary at the time, the sender also received a copy of the telegram. His copy went to the son who in turn gave it to Hemingway to sign.
This is an absolutely one-of-a-kind collectible, of considerable historical significance. A major collectible.
Details
Title
ORIGINAL WESTERN UNION CABLEGRAMA
Author
HEMINGWAY Ernest
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Western Union: Havana, Cuba
Date
8 April 1937
Edition
Original telegram