- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- [1959 January 1, 2?]
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- This print shows the destruction of civilian dwellings by Batista's air force bombing campaign in the weeks leading up to the final collapse and partial surrender of the dictator's high command. Frames 11-12 show a Catholic priest, probably a Franciscan, speaking with members of the rebel forces in an area that appears to be an abandoned bunker. In many cases, Batista's troops gave themselves up to the conquering rebels through Catholic clerics who served as intermediaries. See also Print 12.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 10: Civilian dwellings destroyed by bombings by Batista air force
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- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 136
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Fidel Castro and troops taking over a Cuban military air base, probably located in Oriente, and commandeering a military tank. Herbert Matthews of theNew York Times can be seen in suit and tie standing behind Fidel Castro in frame 4 of this print. Matthews met Fidel at the air base in the first days following the rebel victory. He had not seen Fidel since their first encounter in the mountains on February 17, 1959. See also Print 12.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 11: Fidel Castro taking over military base
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- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 137
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Contains two prints. The first print shows damages caused to civilian housing by Batista's air force bombing raids during the last weeks of 1958 before the collapse of the regime. The second print shows rebels riding on a tank followed by the jeep in which the photographer was riding. It is likely that these images were taken in the first or second day following the rebel victory when St. George and two other journalists, Jules Dubois of the Chicago Tribune and Jay Mallin of Time-Life, accompanied Fidel Castro's caravan from Oriente to Havana.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 12: Damage to civilian housing by bombing of Batista's air force; rebels riding tank
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 138
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- This is the first print that traces Fidel's victory caravan as it made its way to Havana. At various points, Fidel made up for time lost on the way to greet cheering and grateful citizens by taking a British helicopter for portions of the route that his forces had captured from the defeated Batista military days earlier. Here Fidel rendezvouses with members of his team that have advanced by car. Frames 5-12 show some of the guerrillas having breakfast in a workers' cafeteria. See also Prints 14-17 and 47.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 13: Fidel Castro's victory caravan to Havana
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 139
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Taken in the very first days following the collapse of the dictatorship and the rebels' seizure of power, this print shows Fidel being crowded by guerrillas and well-wishers as he proceeds in his victory caravan to Havana. Frames 13-27 show Fidel in profile as he converses with Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, a key figure in the military front of El Escambray mountains in the central province of Santa Clara. Gutiérrez Menoyo's early involvement in the urban struggle against Batista was marked by the death of his brother at the hands of Batista's police. Gutiérrez Menoyo later turned against Fidel when the Revolution became Marxist and conspired in a new armed movement against the government until he was captured and imprisoned, ultimately serving twenty years.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 14: Fidel Castro's victory caravan to Havana; Castro with Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 140
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Taken in the very first days following the collapse of the dictatorship and the rebels' seizure of power, this print shows Fidel Castro and his forces as they take over a military air base once held by Batista's air force. Standing with Fidel in frames 8-22 are a group of former batistiano pilots responsible for the bombing campaign that killed and terrorized so many civilians from May to December 1958. On the occasion of the meeting, Fidel famously assured the men that they would not be subject to trial and execution for their crimes, although he reversed that position several weeks later and all the pilots were executed. Frames 24-25 show two exhausted guerrillas asleep in the back of an American-made car with the driver (frame 26) looking on. See also Print 21.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 15: Fidel Castro's seizure of Batista's air force military base
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 141
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Images documenting the victory caravan of Fidel Castro and his guerrillas as it made its way along Cuba's national highway from Oriente to Havana in the first week of January 1959. Here Fidel Castro is seen standing between vehicles in the center of the highway, talking to his forces, as well as passersby.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 16: Fidel Castro's victory caravan to Havana
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 142
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- This print features various scenes from the rebel takeover of a military barracks or cuartel, probably in Oriente province. Frames 8-17 show a white-robed priest wearing a large cross around his neck talking before a large tank, with the military installation in the back. Prints 5-7 show a small boy-turned-guerrilla who guards recently acquired munitions from the cuartel with a rifle across his lap. The guerrillas incorporated a number of children in the last months before the triumph, especially as Batista's bombing raids left many peasant families homeless and children orphaned. Frames 19-22 show a man behind bars although it is not clear if he is a political prisoner about to be freed or an official that the rebels have jailed. See also Print 45.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 17: Rebel takeover of military barracks
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January 2
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 143
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Top frames show Fidel meeting with and speaking to a reporter in the first days after the rebel victory at the airport in Camagüey where he awaited the arrival of Manuel Urrutia, the man whom Fidel Castro had designated Provisional President of Cuba as early as 1957. Appearing in frames 8-14 and 19, Urrutia can be seen in the center, wearing glasses and a suit and tie. In the background is the plane named Guaímaro, formerly used by Batista as the presidential plane. Urrutia had been sworn in as President sometime earlier in the city of Santiago where Fidel formally took the reins of power on January 1st. Also present to receive him is Melba Hernández (frames 23-26), one of the two heroines of Fidel's disastrous 1953 assault on the Moncada military barracks on the 26th of July. The event founded the guerrilla movement. See also Prints 19, 49 and 50.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 18: Fidel Castro and Manuel Urrutia
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
- Published / Created:
- 1959 January 2
- Call Number:
- MS 650
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2, folder 144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- These images document the arrival of Manuel Urrutia Lleó, the man whom Fidel Castro had designated Provisional President of Cuba as early as 1957, at the Camagüey airport. Urrutia apparently arrived by the plane named Guaímaro, formerly used by Batista as the presidential plane. Urrutia would be sworn in as President later that day. See also Prints 18, 49 and 50.
- Found in:
- Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book III > Book III Print 19: Arrival of Manuel Urrutia at the Camagüey airport