From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 683
Image Count:
1
Description:
Exxon oil refinery, apparently depleted of all but one lone worker, in the days after nationalization, June 1960. Frames 23-25 show a small blonde boy, also pictured eating ice cream and swimming at the Hotel Presidente in Prints 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 31, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 684
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of the nationalized refinery of Exxon Oil, showing a group of Cubans as they raise the Cuban flag over the headquarters of the refinery (where normally a U.S. flag would have flown). See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 685
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top two rows of frames show workers gathered around a Cuban flag raised on the pole of the headquarters of a U.S.-owned oil refinery, after being nationalized. Bottom four rows depict a reception line in the opulent home of the last U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal, and his wife. The same residence is today occupied by the current Chief of the United States Interests Section. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 686
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top row of frames shows a small group of foreign and Cuban officials gathered on the steps to the main entrance of Cuba's Presidential Palace. Bottom images show various vehicles at the largely abandoned Esso/Exxon refinery near the Bay of Havana, after nationalization. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 650
Image Count:
2
Description:
Public protest on the Malecón (Sea Wall) of Havana at which a bonfire is made of a tall wooden effigy representing the Cuban Republic. Small images depict corrupt politicians, the cultural decadence of the period and a black coffin with the face of a skeleton refers to cycles of state terror and violence against Cuban citizens. The effigy is being shown as it is torched and later as it burns before a sizeable crowd of thousands. This rally was one of many public demonstrations held in the summer and fall of 1960 in order to celebrate the Cuban government's decision to nationalize U.S.-owned businesses and properties in Cuba. See also Print 1.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 687
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top row of frames shows tourists on a pool deck largely devoid of tourists at unidentified hotel. Other frames show Havana's recently nationalized oil refineries, shot from a distance. Frames 5-10 show additional oil refineries on the northern shore of Cuba; in the background one sees the mountains from the western Cordillera del Rosario. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 688
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top row of images shows Fidel conversing privately with Ernest Hemingway at the Marina de Barlovento, where Hemingway hosted a fishing tournament in May of 1960. Row two shows a tiny number of tourists gathered poolside at unidentified hotel. Third row of images shows Havana's Palacio Deportivo, now called Ciudad Deportiva, with newly painted sign reading "Cuba Territorio Libre de América" on its roof. Row four shows a stenciled sign along a wall that celebrates the Cuban government's polices of nationalizing oil refineries and railroad facilities. It reads: "Sin Cuota pero sin AMO. Todos al Palacio Domingo 2 PM. Cuba Sí Yanquis No. Ferroviaria de Cuba." Final rows depict a military honor guard rendering homage to an unidentified delegation of foreign officials on the steps of Cuba's Presidential Palace, as shown also in Print 39. See also Prints 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 39, 43 and 44.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 689
Image Count:
1
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.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 690
Image Count:
1
Description:
Frames 2-13 show possible evidence of sabotage carried out on nationalized foreign property, showing damaged metal sheeting on sides of building and billowing smoke, not all of it apparently rising from smokestacks in distance. Frames 13-24 depict a police check point. Frames 3-6 show a Shell Oil gas station whose pumps feature the abbreviation "I.C.P." painted with spray paint. Prints 4-8 depict parked heavy-duty oil trucks at a nationalized refinery. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 42 and 44.
