Book VI Print 8: Workers' parade in Havana

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Description

Title: Book VI Print 8: Workers' parade in Havana
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: 1960
Description: Images documenting a workers' parade held in Havana's Civic Plaza (later called the Plaza de la Revolución) celebrating labor unions, peasants, militias and the Revolutionary Armed Forces' unconditional support for the government. Frames 25, 26 27, 28 show peasants holding their machetes in the air as a symbol of their willingness to fight for the Revolution. The top, penultimate and last rows of frames show different branches of the military, including a group of young men wearing T-shirts that read "Cuerpo de Defensa Nacional" (National Defense Corps). The signs on vehicles following the march of helmeted soldiers read "El Ejército Rebelde Vigila Construye Educa" (The Rebel Army surveils, constructs and educates). See also Prints 9 and 11.
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 377

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