Book I Print 14: Guerrilla patrol unit with the Pardo brothers

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Title: Book I Print 14: Guerrilla patrol unit with the Pardo brothers
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: 1957
Description: Top four rows of frames show a guerrilla patrol unit that includes four of the five "Pardo brothers" whom St. George characterizes as "celebrated guerrilla fighters of the Sierra, led here by Israel Pardo." Frame 25 of row five shows Raúl and Fidel Castro in cloud of cigar smoke; frame 26 shows Raúl Castro and Felipe Guerra Matos, the guerrillas' chief courier based in the Manzanillo area; frame 27 shows Felipe Guerra Matos, Raúl Castro and an unidentified peasant recruit; frame 28 shows the photographer taking nap on the ground and frame 29 shows Juan Almeida Bosque with Israel Pardo. Row 6 shows Juan Almeida Bosque with Israel Pardo and the photographer posing with the other members of the Pardo patrol. The final row of frames depicts another guerrilla patrol and duplicates the frame of a peasant hut being guarded by guerrillas that appears in row 1 of the same sheet. See also Print 13.
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 1, folder 15

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