Book VIII Print 18: May Day parade

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Description

Title: Book VIII Print 18: May Day parade
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: 1960 May 1
Description: Images of the May Day rally and celebration held in Havana's Plaza Cívica on May 1, 1960. Top frames show women's and men's popular militias, organized for the first time in the late fall of 1959, as well as unidentified men, including one foreigner, engaged in conversation. The next set of frames includes views taken from the stands of VIPs at the base of the national monument to José Martí where Fidel Castro and other officials observed the parade that day from above. These images show lower-ranking officials, their wives and other unidentified individuals in civilian dress. These images also show the same woman pictured in closeup in Prints 11 and 15, as she retouches her makeup and examines herself in a mirror. Bottom frames show the crowd gathering in the Plaza Cívica before events began earlier that morning. See also Prints 11, 15 and 16.
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 6, folder 577

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