Book III Print 38: Key civilians in the 26th of July Movement

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Title: Book III Print 38: Key civilians in the 26th of July Movement
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: 1959 January
Description: This print features key figures of the civilian wing of the 26th of July Movement as they gather on the tarmac and await the arrival of Fidel Castro at Camagüey's Ignacio Agramonte Airport; Fidel took the plane to make up for time lost in traveling by motorcade on his triumphant march to Havana in the first days of January 1959. Frames 5-6 appear to show Roberto Agramonte (bald and corpulent man to the left), the first Minister of Foreign Relations under the first revolutionary government of President Manuel Urrutia and Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Frame 14 shows a guerrilla soldier taking a break and drinking a bottle of Coca-Cola. Frames 15 and 17-20 depict Armando Hart, a key figure in the rebel underground, standing next to his fiancée, Haydée Santamaría, the legendary heroine of Fidel Castro's 1953 assault on the Moncada barracks. See also Print 27.
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 2, folder 163

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