A pic is worth a 1,000 words
Capablanca as a toddler, 1898. La Habana
Wow! Where did they get this photo? I certainly had never seen it before! The above photo was published on Chess in Photos, a wonderful site full of interesting stuff. HOWEVER, I think someone got the date wrong: Capa seems too young for the photo to have been taken in 1898. Infact, it seems to have been from the same photo-shoot as the much better known photo below, taken when Capa was a mere 4 years old.
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Years later in New York:
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