Book X Print 44: 26th of July Movement at Havana Hilton

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Title: Book X Print 44: 26th of July Movement at Havana Hilton
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: 1959 January
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.
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 7, folder 756

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