Book VIII Print 81: Man at the Polynesian restaurant in the Havana Hilton Hotel; leading women activists speaking for television broadcast

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Title: Book VIII Print 81: Man at the Polynesian restaurant in the Havana Hilton Hotel; leading women activists speaking for television broadcast
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: Top frames depict an unidentified foreign man wearing a business suit speaking on the telephone and posing for the photographer's camera at the Polynesian restaurant at the Havana Hilton Hotel. The second set of frames shows images of a bathroom followed by images of the same man greeting a Cuban with glasses and wearing a tie and jacket at the Polynesian restaurant. The last two sets of frames show a panel of leading women activists of the period, apparently speaking for a television broadcast. Frames 28 and 29 show from left to right, Loló de la Torriente, Vilma Espín, E. Lina Milanés and an unidentified older woman with white hair and glasses. For images of the unidentified foreigner and his Cuban counterparts see also Prints 39, 79, 82, and 86. For other images of the female panelists, see Prints 66 and 67.
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

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Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 6, folder 640

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