Book I Print 4: Campsite of Fidel Castro's guerrilla column in the area between El Hombrito and guerrilla headquarters at La Plata in the Sierra Maestra

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Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book I > Book I Print 4: Campsite of Fidel Castro's guerrilla column in the area between El Hombrito and guerrilla headquarters at La Plata in the Sierra Maestra


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Title
Book I Print 4: Campsite of Fidel Castro's guerrilla column in the area between El Hombrito and guerrilla headquarters at La Plata in the Sierra Maestra
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
Campsite of Fidel Castro's guerrilla column in the area between El Hombrito and guerrilla headquarters at La Plata in the Sierra Maestra. Bottom frames 1 and 2 show the young boy soldier known as "Pedrito," Universo Sánchez and Ernesto "Che" Guevara, then serving as the rebels' medical officer. Frame 3 shows Universo Sánchez and Celia Sánchez (no relation) holding opposite ends of the Cuban flag. Behind them stands Crescencio Pérez, a local peasant leader whose influence among the local people and knowledge of the region made him an essential factor in the early period of the guerrilla struggle. In the foreground stands Ciro Redondo. Frames 5-7 show Fidel Castro relaxing at camp, reading a newspaper and enjoying a can of sweetened condensed milk, a staple food for the guerrilla that along with bacalao, guava paste and other nonperishable items was acquired and shipped to the rebels through the revolutionary underground in Oriente. Folder contains contact sheet and slide transparency of black and white photograph of Fidel reading a newspaper (Frame 7 of contact sheet) in envelope.
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
English
Spanish

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 650
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Container / Volume
Box 1, folder 5

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

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10016808

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