Guerrillas engaged in requisitioning of vehicles, levying “tolls,” temporary take-overs of small villages and company stores

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Manuscripts and Archives > Andrew St. George papers (MS 1912) > Series II: Photographs > Cuba > Cuban Revolution and aftermath > Guerrillas engaged in requisitioning of vehicles, levying “tolls,” temporary take-overs of small villages and company stores

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Title: Guerrillas engaged in requisitioning of vehicles, levying “tolls,” temporary take-overs of small villages and company stores
Creator: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
Published / Created: 1957-1958
Description: There are images of guerrillas from Raúl Castro’s column requisitioning vehicles and stopping cars on the highway for the payment of “tolls” in 1958. Also included are images of the temporary takeover of a small village called Matías by guerrillas under the command of blond officer Manuel Boronato. The guerrillas are shown at a small company store, enjoying (for the first time) a juke box, as well as local nighttime activities, such as a vigil held in honor of the Virgin of Charity, with peasants of the region. There is one print of a group of armed rebels listening to a woman playing the piano that was taken in the first week of January 1959 according to note on the back of the print. There is also one print of Batista’s helmeted forces appearing to attack a rebel hideout.
Provenance: Purchased from Jean Szentgyorgyi by the Latin American Curator, June 2009; transferred from the Latin American Curator to Manuscripts and Archives, 2012.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Manuscripts and Archives

Call Number

MS 1912

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Container / Volume

Box 42, folder 4

Access: Public
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Citation: Andrew St. George Papers (MS 1912). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.