Book II Print 25: Headquarters staff at La Plata

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Title: Book II Print 25: Headquarters staff at La Plata
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: 1958
Description: These are faces of Fidel Castro's headquarters staff at La Plata in the fall of 1958. Frames 2-7: Cdte. Luis "El Guajiro" Crespo. Frame 9: Fidel's clerical secretary-assistant, Antonio Llibre. Frame 10: Fidel's chief cook and majordomo, Emilio Moran. Frame 11: Capt. Paneque, a member of radio staff - he was the encoding officer. Frames 20-22: Violeta Casals, the principal radio announcer of La Plata. Frame 18-19: Teresita Albau, Mme. Casals' assistant. Frames 8, 23-24: Orlando Pupo, Fidel's Jefe de Escolta (chief bodyguard). Frames 26-30: Ricardo Martinez, the principal male radio announcer at headquarters. Frames 13-17: Roberto Verdecia, one of troop leaders attached to Fidel's headquarters.
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

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 1, folder 95

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