Book VI Print 51: American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana; Fidel Castro on "Ante la Prensa,"

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Description

Title: Book VI Print 51: American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana; Fidel Castro on "Ante la Prensa,"
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 October
Description: Top row of images show United States Ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal, addressing the inaugural session of the annual convention of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), held in Havana beginning October 19, 1959. Fidel Castro and President Osvaldo Dorticós would also preside over the inauguration of the week-long convention. With the exception of frames 35, 36 and 37 of row three, which depict Fidel Castro giving a televised address to the nation on "Ante la Prensa," the remaining images show an entertainment spectacle staged at a dinner for ASTA participants. See also Prints 26, 27, 28, 34, 41, 45, 65, 73 and 74.
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 4, folder 420

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