Book I Print 35: Five-man firing squad

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Title: Book I Print 35: Five-man firing squad
Creator: From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created: 1957
Description: Part of a five-man firing squad as they shoot and execute an unidentified local peasant who confessed and was convicted, according to St. George, of rape and murder. The man wears a "captain's hat" and probably led a local gang of bandits. See also Prints 15, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37 and 41; folder also contains two smaller-size prints of the soldiers caught in the act of firing at the prisoner.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Multiple languages

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 1, folder 36

Access: Public
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Citation: Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.