Book IV Print 64: Fidel Castro at National Press Club luncheon; Fidel Castro on "Meet the Press"; Fidel Castro in Cuban Embassy and on street in Washington

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Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book IV > Book IV Print 64: Fidel Castro at National Press Club luncheon; Fidel Castro on "Meet the Press"; Fidel Castro in Cuban Embassy and on street in Washington


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Title
Book IV Print 64: Fidel Castro at National Press Club luncheon; Fidel Castro on "Meet the Press"; Fidel Castro in Cuban Embassy and on street in Washington
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 April
Description
Top frames of this sheet show Fidel Castro addressing an audience of over 600 at a luncheon held in his honor at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959. In the third, fifth and sixth rows of images, Fidel Castro makes a televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. To the left, are three journalists who questioned Castro during the program. The woman on the left with the hat is veteran journalist May Craig. Frames 3-7 in the fourth row of images show Fidel Castro enjoying a meal in his bedroom, ostensibly at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, with a copy of the Cuban newspaper Prensa Libre on his lap. The top headline reads "No capitalismo. No comunismo. Cubanismo" and pictures Fidel Castro carrying a baby wearing a bonnet, an image taken while he was in Washington, D.C., and departing the Cuban Embassy on foot while surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans (see Contact Book V, Print 1, Frame #34). Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 61, 63, 65; for other images of Fidel Castro at the National Press Club luncheon, see Prints 60, 67, 72, 75 and 78.
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
Multiple languages

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 650
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Container / Volume
Box 3, folder 310

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record
614150
Object ID (OID)
10018310

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