Book IV Print 38: Reunion of Raúl Castro with his fiancée, Vilma Espín

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Title: Book IV Print 38: Reunion of Raúl Castro with his fiancée, Vilma Espín
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: Taken in the first days of January 1959 after the fall of Batista and the triumph of revolutionary forces, these images document the reunion of Raúl Castro and his fiancée and underground revolutionary coordinator for the province of Oriente, Vilma Espín, at an airport in an unidentified city, probably the former air force base of Camp Columbia in Havana. Prints 9-12 show Vilma in the company of an unidentified older woman who embraces Raúl upon seeing him in Print 7. Print 39 shows an earlier phase in this event, when Raúl first descends the ladder from the military aircraft on which he has arrived, together with other rebels. See also Print 39.
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 3, folder 284

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