From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 664
Image Count:
1
Description:
Apparent arrival at the Havana airport of Fidel Castro, greeted by press agents (frame 8). Unidentified American man, possibly a U.S. official, wearing a business suit, appears in profile in Frame 9. Bottom images show tourists cavorting poolside at the Hotel Presidente in el Vedado, Havana. See also Prints 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 May
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 666
Image Count:
2
Description:
This folder encloses both a contact sheet and an empty envelope for holding negatives with a typed descriptive text. As confirmed by this text, images in the contact sheet show the aborted attempted landing of a U.S.-based Piper Apache aircraft, flown by Matthew Edward Duke, on a secret mission to Cuba in order to facilitate the escape of four former officials of the Batista regime who were probably facing trial and possible execution in Cuba for war crimes. According to St. George's notes typed on envelope enclosed, the crash took place on May 12, 1960.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 May
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 667
Image Count:
1
Description:
Frames 10-12 of the second row and images 3-9 of the fourth and fifth rows show an all-female militia called the Unidad Femenina Revolucionaria parading down San Rafael Boulevard in Centro Habana, towards Central Park where a number of citizens are gathered (Frame 12), probably for the commemoration of the anniversary of the death of José Martí on May 19, 1960. All other images show Fidel participating in Ernest Hemingway's famed May 1960 fishing tournament, staged in the Marina Barlovento, now known as the Marina Hemingway in Cuba. Frames 15-19, 20-24 show Fidel Castro on board the fishing vessel, Cristal, returning with his catch. Frames 30-34 show Fidel smiling as his fish are weighed. Later, Fidel would be proclaimed the winner of all the main fishing prizes and trophies given out by Hemingway. See also Prints 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 41, 63 and 64.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 May
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 671
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top frames show San Rafael Boulevard, in Centro Habana, parade route for Unidad Femenina Revolucionaria, all-female militia, and other pro-government groups. Parade seems to have culminated in Central Park, before the statue to José Martí, a traditional site for political protests and parades coinciding with national patriotic celebrations. This parade seems to have been in honor of either the birth of the Republic (Cuban Independence Day), May 20th, or more likely, the anniversary of the death of José Martí, May 19. See also Print 20.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 May
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 674
Image Count:
1
Description:
Fidel Castro shows off the fish captured and trophies he won at Hemingway's fishing tournament in May of 1960 and converses with the host, Ernest Hemingway. Frame 15 of Print 27 also shows Mary Hemingway, standing next to her husband, Ernest Hemingway. Frames 7, 17, 8-12 show Fidel Castro and Hemingway standing next to and talking to an unidentified American celebrity who accompanied Fidel on the Cristal earlier the day of the tournament. See also Prints 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 41, 63, and 64.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 675
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of the Cuban revolutionary government's nationalization of the U.S.-owned oil refinery known as Esso in Cuba (Exxon in the United States), as well as Shell Oil in June 1960. These refineries were located near the Bay of Havana. Their nationalization came as a result of Soviet offers to sell Cuba Russian crude oil at much reduced prices and the U.S. government's refusal to allow its companies to refine the oil. This was the first of all U.S.-owned businesses to be nationalized in the summer of 1960. This process was completed by August and capped off by the imposition of a U.S. embargo against Cuba in October that then prompted the Cubans' subsequent decision to nationalize all properties owned by U.S. citizens, not just businesses. In all, Cuba nationalized hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. businesses and properties. In frames 3-5 of this print, a cloth banner signed by the "Sección Sindical de [unclear]" denounces Yankee imperialism and claims the fatherland ["patria"] for the Cubans. See also Prints 29, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43 and 44.
