Book VIII Print 21: Crowds watching the May Day parade, including Fidel Castro

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Title: Book VIII Print 21: Crowds watching the May Day parade, including Fidel Castro
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: Taken at the height of the afternoon sun, these images show the massive crowd assembled to watch the military and civic parade that began the May Day rally and celebration held in Havana's Plaza Cívica on May 1, 1960. Second and third sets of frames show a parade of marchers carrying the flags of Latin American nations. The final sets of frames show Fidel Castro, Osvaldo Dorticós and other unidentified officials observing the parade from the speakers' platform at the the base of the national monument to José Martí. See also Print 23.
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 6, folder 580

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