Book IV Print 66: Fidel Castro in Washington, D.C.Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives1959 AprilengspaPhotograph of a crowd of curious on-lookers standing in the rain as Fidel Castro makes an appearance during his visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V.