From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960, [1959?]
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 750
Image Count:
1
Description:
Two unrelated sets of images appear in this print. Top three rows show Fidel Castro addressing the public in a televised speech, made in 1960. Before him sits a small plaque announcing the name of a new broadcast chain called "FIEL" (or "Faithful"). Although folder is marked "June 1960," it is unlikely that the bottom three rows of images were taken then because they include David Salvador, the Secretary General of the Confederación de Trabajadores Cubanos [CTC], Cuba's largest labor union, who was publicly disgraced as a counterrevolutionary and accused of corruption after he criticized the revolutionary government's efforts to control the labor union's decision and governing body in April of 1960. Here he is shown alongside Fidel Castro and others, an impossibility following that process. Bottom three rows feature images of participants and worker delegates at what appears to be the inauguration of the congress of the CTC, held in Havana in November of 1959. Frames 22-26 feature Violeta Casals, a radio personality who lent her voice to Radio Rebelde, Cuba's clandestine radio program before the triumph of revolutionary forces against Batista in January of 1959. Frames 12-13 in the bottom row of images show Fidel Castro consulting with Osmani Cienfuegos; David Salvador sits at his side taking notes. Frames 14 and 15 feature an unidentified man sitting with the revolutionary leadership at the head table, clapping. Frame 16 shows Salvador with an unidentified man wearing a militia uniform, beret rolled under a shoulder epaulet, at his side. See also Contact Book VIII; Prints 32, 37 and 39.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
[1959?], 1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 751
Image Count:
1
Description:
Although folder reads "June of 1960," it is unlikely that this date applies to images in the top four rows of the print. These images depict David Salvador (top row) with unidentified militiaman at his side, apparently attending the congress of the CTC in Havana, November 1959. Frame 21 shows Violeta Casals, a radio personality who lent her voice to Radio Rebelde, Cuba's clandestine radio program before the triumph of revolutionary forces against Batista in January of 1959. The third row of images shows worker delegates cheering in response to a speaker whose identity is unclear, images of the same unidentified man who is shown clapping in Print 38 and images of Fidel Castro consulting with David Salvador. Bottom frames depict the performance of a visiting Soviet Bloc dance troupe to Havana, taken several months later in the spring of 1960. See also Contact Book VIII; Prints 38, 50.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 752
Image Count:
1
Description:
This print, together with Print 41, features scenes from Fidel Castro's triumphant entrance into Havana after a seven-day caravan by car, helicopter and plane that stopped in every major city and town from Oriente to the capital. Frames 11-12, 13-15 show St. George aboard the military aircraft that carried Fidel for the final leg of the journey and his arrival at a military base in Havana (frames 16-19; 19-24). Frame 25 shows Fidel as he approaches the Presidential Palace and his arm around his shoulders, consults with a fellow unidentified guerrilla. Frames 27-29 show him making his way on foot through the streets of Havana and frames 30-31 show his arrival at the Havana Hilton, which he would designate his personal headquarters for the first two months or more of the Revolution. See also Prints 41 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 753
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top row of frames shows a massive crowd gathering in a large plaza to hear Fidel Castro speak. The second row and final row of frames show Fidel Castro's entourage enjoying a meal and conversing in backrooms at the Havana Hilton. Frames 33-37 of the third row show Fidel Castro giving a nighttime address, probably at Camp Columbia, January 8, 1959, his first victory speech to the nation. See also Print 40, 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 754
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top images show a rearview of the entrance of Fidel Castro's triumphant caravan into a provincial city as he made his way to Havana in the first week of 1959. Bottom images depict Fidel Castro leading a curious crowd, guerrilla escorts and reporters on a tour of the grounds of Fulgencio Batista's lavish estate, known as "Kuquines," in Siboney, an exclusive neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana, in January of 1959. See also Print 43.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 755
Image Count:
1
Description:
Fidel Castro accompanied by a large crowd, including reporters and armed guerrilla escorts at the former estate of Fulgencio Batista, known as "Kuquines." Fidel appears to be leading a partial tour of the estate as he talks to citizens and reporters from its interior grounds. Some of the same individuals who accompany Fidel, including a man wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a woman in a flowered skirt, also appear in frames 26-28 of Print 41. See also Prints 41 and 42.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 756
Image Count:
1
Description:
Members of the 26th of July Movement enjoying a meal in a backroom of the Havana Hilton, where Fidel Castro and his entourage installed themselves for several months after the initial triumph of revolutionary forces against Batista. Guerrillas and their families often ate and enjoyed the facilities at the hotel for free, signing only their names and ensuring that Celia Sánchez would cover the costs of their stay as the chief executor of remaining cash funds from wartime contributions to the guerrillas. Frames 5 and 6 show Ernest "Che" Guevara surrounded by a crowd and talking to a uniformed official and a man in a cowboy hat in the lobby of the Hilton. External view of the Hilton's driveway as Fidel arrives at the entrance appear in Print 40, frames 30 and 31; other views of Fidel and members of his party having dinner appear in Print 41.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1958 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 758
Image Count:
1
Description:
This print shows United States hostages laughing and enjoying after-lunch conversation with three female members of a peasant family in wooden house used by the revolutionary forces. Frames 15-16 show two of the women making fun of the impressive paunch of one of the hostages by putting their hands on his belly as the other hostages and a rebel guard laugh heartily and look on. Frames 17-21 show the men sitting and standing outside, on the porch of the hut, and speaking to one of their rebel caretakers, a young black guerrilla.