Book V Print 2: Castro at Cuban Embassy

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10018326

Description

Title: Book V Print 2: Castro at Cuban Embassy
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: Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C. in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging (visible in the background of frames 7 and 8). He is seen talking to a pair of small African-American boys and shaking hands through the windows of a passing bus. See also Prints 1, 4, 6 and 9.
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

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 650

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Container / Volume

Box 4, folder 326

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