Book VI Print 26: Cuban officials at the American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana

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Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > > Photographs > Contact Book VI > Book VI Prints 26-28: American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana > Book VI Print 26: Cuban officials at the American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana


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Title
Book VI Print 26: Cuban officials at the American Society of Travel Agents convention 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
1959 October
Description
In mid-October, Havana became the site of the U.S.-based American Society of Travel Agents' [ASTA] annual convention. Proposed by ASTA months earlier and accepted enthusiastically by the Cuban government, the convention took place at an extremely tense time in Cuba following the resignation of Commander Huber Matos, military governor of Camagüey, from his post, and Fidel Castro's subsequent decision to arrest him, most of his unit and many others on charges of treason. The convention began, however, on a very optimistic note as Raúl Castro, Minister of the Armed Forces, President Osvaldo Dorticós, the First Lady, Air Force Chief Juan Almeida Bosque, Miss Brasilia and others prepared to receive delegates at the Havana Hilton. This print documents the arrival of Raúl Castro and Dorticós' party to convention headquarters. In Prints 11 and 12, President Dorticós is seen wearing a badge that reads (in English): "Ask me, I live here" and the First Lady is seen wearing a similar badge, reading "INFORMATION." In Print 29, it is clear that Raúl Castro bears the same badge as Dorticós on his chest. See also Prints 27, 28, 34, 41, 45, 51, 65, 73 and 74.
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 4, folder 395

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record
614150
Object ID (OID)
10018396

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