From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 415
Image Count:
1
Description:
Scenes of a mass rally called by Fidel Castro for October 26, 1959, and organized by government-affiliated labor unions to express support for Fidel Castro's decision to arrest Commander Huber Matos for resigning his military post and to charge him with treason and attempting to conspire against the revolutionary government. Matos was later sentenced to twenty years in prison. The rally was also called in order to show popular support for the recommissioning of Revolutionary Tribunals to try internal enemies of Cuba for counterrevolution and to protest recent incursions into Cuban airspace by Florida-based planes that had been carrying out bombing, leafletting and other violent raids on Cuba in order to topple the government in those days. See also Prints 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 47, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 70.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 416
Image Count:
1
Description:
Scenes of a mass rally called by Fidel Castro for October 26, 1959, and organized by government-affiliated labor unions to express support for Fidel Castro's decision to arrest Commander Huber Matos for resigning his military post and to charge him with treason and attempting to conspire against the revolutionary government. Matos was later sentenced to twenty years in prison. The rally was also called in order to show popular support for the recommissioning of Revolutionary Tribunals to try internal enemies of Cuba for counterrevolution and to protest recent incursions into Cuban airspace by Florida-based planes that had been carrying out bombing, leafletting and other violent raids on Cuba in order to topple the government in those days. This print shows the enormity of the crowds and, from a distance, the large banners many were carrying. To the right of many of the frames, especially 6, 7, 32, 27 and 28, one can see the remaining ruin of the old wall of the city of Havana with a sign on it that shows Fidel Castro's face painted in profile next to those of José Martí and Antonio Maceo, nineteenth-century independence heroes and martyrs. Frames 2-3 document the positioning of rifle-bearing sharpshooters on the roof of the Presidential Palace, keeping watch over the crowd and speakers. See also Prints 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 70.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 417
Image Count:
1
Description:
U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal, holding a press conference and answering questions for the Cuban and foreign press in his office at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. At the time, Bonsal was countering Cuban government charges that the United States was aware of and complicit in the campaign of air raids from bases in Florida that batistianos and other exiles had begun launching against Cuba on October 20 of that year. See also Prints 40, 48, 49 and 64.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 418
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bottom three rows show U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal, holding a press conference and answering questions for the Cuban and foreign press in his office at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. At the time, Bonsal was countering Cuban government charges that the United States was aware of and complicit in the campaign of air raids from bases in Florida that batistianos and other exiles had begun launching against Cuba on October 20th of that year. Top two rows depict a national folkloric dance show held in the Plaza of the Cathedral of Old Havana in the front courtyard of an eighteenth-century mansion that had been converted into a restaurant known as La Casona. See also Prints 40, 48, 49, 50 and 64.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 419
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of a national folkloric dance show held in the Plaza of the Cathedral of Old Havana in the front courtyard of an eighteenth-century mansion that had been converted into a restaurant known as La Casona. See also Print 49.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 420
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top row of images show United States Ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal, addressing the inaugural session of the annual convention of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), held in Havana beginning October 19, 1959. Fidel Castro and President Osvaldo Dorticós would also preside over the inauguration of the week-long convention. With the exception of frames 35, 36 and 37 of row three, which depict Fidel Castro giving a televised address to the nation on "Ante la Prensa," the remaining images show an entertainment spectacle staged at a dinner for ASTA participants. See also Prints 26, 27, 28, 34, 41, 45, 65, 73 and 74.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 421
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top frames show the entertainment show organized for delegates to the ASTA convention held in Havana for a week beginning October 19, 1959. The second and third rows of frames show the crowd gathered for a mass rally called by Fidel Castro for October 26th, 1959, in support of his decision to arrest Commander Huber Matos on charges of treason for resigning his post and to protest recent air raids by counterrevolutionary exile groups, largely comprised of batistianos, based in Florida. For images related to the ASTA convention, see also Prints 26, 27, 28, 34, 41, 45, 65, 73 and 74; for images related to the mass rally, see 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 47, 46, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 70.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 422
Image Count:
1
Description:
Close-up shots taken from the ground-level of a mass rally called by Fidel Castro for October 26, 1959, and organized by government-affiliated labor unions to express support for Fidel Castro's decision to arrest Commander Huber Matos for resigning his military post and to charge him with treason and attempting to conspire against the revolutionary government. Matos was later sentenced to twenty years in prison. The rally was also called in order to show popular support for the recommissioning of Revolutionary Tribunals to try internal enemies of Cuba for counterrevolution and to protest recent air raids by counterrevolutionary exile groups, largely comprised of batistianos, based in Florida. See also Prints 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 47, 46, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 70.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 October
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 423
Image Count:
1
Description:
Scenes of Che Guevara addressing a mass rally called by Fidel Castro for October 26, 1959, and organized by government-affiliated labor unions to express support for Fidel Castro's decision to arrest Commander Huber Matos for resigning his military post and to charge him with treason and attempting to conspire against the revolutionary government. Matos was later sentenced to twenty years in prison. The rally was also called in order to show popular support for the recommissioning of Revolutionary Tribunals to try internal enemies of Cuba for counterrevolution and to protest recent incursions into Cuban airspace by Florida-based planes that had been carrying out bombing, leafletting and other violent raids on Cuba in order to topple the government in those days. These images were taken from the balcony of the Presidential Palace that served as a speakers' dais. See also Prints 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 47, 46, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 70.