Book V Print 21: Fidel Castro in Washington, D.C.

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Title: Book V Print 21: Fidel Castro in Washington, D.C.
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 April
Description: Top two rows show Fidel Castro inside the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., as he confers with other officials before heading downstairs to the entrance. Row three shows Fidel's visit to the U.S. Capitol building. Subsequent frames depict Fidel as he takes his seat at the head table alongside Rufo López Fresquet, the Cuban Minister of the Treasury, at the annual luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, held at the Statler Hilton. The final three frames of the print show a policeman standing next to a group of anti-Castro protesting picketers outside the hotel entrance. See also Prints 12, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20.
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: Multiple languages

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 4, folder 345

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