Book VIII Print 58: Interior of Celia Sánchez's el Vedado home where Fidel Castro lived in early years of the Revolution; mall of El Prado

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Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book VIII > Book VIII Print 58: Interior of Celia Sánchez's el Vedado home where Fidel Castro lived in early years of the Revolution; mall of El Prado

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Title: Book VIII Print 58: Interior of Celia Sánchez's el Vedado home where Fidel Castro lived in early years of the Revolution; mall of El Prado
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
Description: Images of the interior of Celia Sánchez's el Vedado home where Fidel Castro frequently resided in the early years of the Revolution. Most frames feature a pair of boys. The blonde boy of smaller stature, who wears a T-shirt that reads "Havana Military Academy," is the son of Fidel Castro, named Fidel Castro Díaz Balart. Celia Sánchez appears in a printed blouse and white button earrings in several frames, alongside Fidel Castro and other unidentified bearded bodyguard (with his back to the camera) who appears in Print 60. Print also includes a set of nighttime pictures taken along the mall of El Prado. See also Prints 60 and 64.
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 617

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