Surveillance photographs, counter-revolutionary violence, police checkpoints, and militarization of Cuba prior to Bay of Pigs invasion

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Manuscripts and Archives > Andrew St. George papers (MS 1912) > Series II: Photographs > Cuba > Cuban Revolution and aftermath > Surveillance photographs, counter-revolutionary violence, police checkpoints, and militarization of Cuba prior to Bay of Pigs invasion

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Title: Surveillance photographs, counter-revolutionary violence, police checkpoints, and militarization of Cuba prior to Bay of Pigs invasion
Creator: From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
Published / Created: 1960
Description: In this series of photographs St. George appears to document the surge in security measures taken by the Cuban government in 1960 as it mobilized to defend against the U.S. invasion at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961. The photographs show snipers posted on the roof of Havana’s airport; a wrecked train and a burned-out bus that appear to have been the products of counter-revolutionary assaults; a plane of the type manned by exile counter-revolutionary forces in their regular invasions of Cuban airspace (this one appears to have either crash landed or been shot down by Cuban defenses); and images of a police check point on the western outskirts of Havana near the San Alejandro Art Academy.
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 46, folder 12

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