Book IX Print 42: Fire at recently nationalized Exxon oil refinery

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Title: Book IX Print 42: Fire at recently nationalized Exxon oil refinery
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: Images of the recently nationalized Exxon oil refinery near Havana. Frames 3-21 appear to depict firefighters as they attempt to stop the spread of a fire in one of the refinery's buildings. Frames 22-31 appear to show the aftermath of this fire, likely to have been the result of counterrevolutionary sabotage that was increasingly common in 1960. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 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 689

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