Book VI Print 67: Street celebrations when (false) reports issued that Camilo Cienfuegos was found alive

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Title: Book VI Print 67: Street celebrations when (false) reports issued that Camilo Cienfuegos was found alive
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 November
Description: Taken in the esplanade before the Presidential Palace or along the adjacent street of El Prado, these images document the spontaneous street celebrations and outpourings of joy that followed in the wake of the Revolutionary Armed Forces' false announcement that the beloved Commander Camilo Cienfuegos, who disappeared on the 28th of October on his way back to Havana from Camagüey in an alleged airplane crash, had been found alive. It took another several hours for the government to confirm that this news was false. Neither Camilo Cienfuegos' body, that of his co-pilot, nor any plane wreckage was ever found. In these images, the identical posters of Camilo that the Cuban government officially distributed to the revelers at the time of the false announcement are clearly visible. See also Prints 61 and 72.
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 436

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