Book IX Print 34: Trucks; St. George posing for photographs; unidentified foreigner speaking to small boys in militia outfits

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Title: Book IX Print 34: Trucks; St. George posing for photographs; unidentified foreigner speaking to small boys in militia outfits
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 June
Description: Top two rows depict smoke rising from smokestacks in the distance as a flatbed truck makes its way along the road away from a number of large, dilapidated structures. Frames 35-36 show several trucks in apparent need of repair; one reads "Ministerio de Salud Pública" on the side, or "Ministry of Public Health." Frames 3-10 show St. George and unidentified companion individually posing for pictures while leaning on the monument that lies at the far end of El Prado, facing the Malecón of Havana. Flanking El Prado is a banner that reads "Bienvenida la Intervención Revolucionaria. Petroleros Libres de América. Sindicato Petrolero". The other unidentified foreigner is shown speaking to small boys dressed in militia outfits in Frames 25-27. See also Prints 43 and 44.
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 7, folder 681

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