From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 649
Image Count:
1
Description:
Public gathering before a stage where Fidel is one of the speakers. This event appears to have been held on the far-end of the Malecón, or the sea wall skirting the entrance to the Bay of Havana. It was one of many public rallies held to celebrate the Cuban government's campaign to nationalize increasing numbers of U.S.-owned businesses following conflict over Cuba's decision to accept the Soviet Union's offer to sell unrefined oil to Cuba at much reduced prices in May of 1960. The resulting confrontation with the U.S. government led to the nationalization of U.S. oil refineries in Cuba and sparked the process of general nationalization and confiscation which this rally celebrates. See also Print 3.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 677
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of mid-afternoon traffic jam on Havana's Malecón, directly in front of the Parque Maceo and near the Church of the Virgen of Carmen. Frames 26-28 of the second-to-last row depict St. George, the photographer, observing a group of workers repairing a sidewalk in front of the 'Edificio Horman.' See also Print 65.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 678
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of Shell Oil employees leaving the nationalized refinery and having their cars searched by members of the Cuban revolutionary police while television cameras and reporters record the event. See also Prints 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 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 679
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top rows of images (frames 3-15) feature backlit photographs of musical group playing at the restaurant and bar La Terraza, in the Plaza of Arms, overlooking Havana harbor and facing the Fortaleza de la Cabaña. Frames 16 and 17 show miniature car racing at a small amusement park on the western end of the Malecón, Havana's sea wall. Bottom frames show Fidel giving an impassioned speech. See also Print 33.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 680
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bottom three rows of images depict Fidel giving the same speech as shown in Print 32. Top rows of images depict the absence of foreign tourists and the decline of the industry due to the Cuban government's recent policies of nationalization and the general "red scare" affecting the island and the U.S. public's perceptions of Cuba. St. George was quite fond of documenting this; see his notes for Contact Book 3 and discussion of Hotel Nacional. The location of this hotel may be Varadero, Cuba. See also Print 32.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 June
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 7, folder 681
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top two rows depict smoke rising from smokestacks in the distance as a flatbed truck makes its way along the road away from a number of large, dilapidated structures. Frames 35-36 show several trucks in apparent need of repair; one reads "Ministerio de Salud Pública" on the side, or "Ministry of Public Health." Frames 3-10 show St. George and unidentified companion individually posing for pictures while leaning on the monument that lies at the far end of El Prado, facing the Malecón of Havana. Flanking El Prado is a banner that reads "Bienvenida la Intervención Revolucionaria. Petroleros Libres de América. Sindicato Petrolero". The other unidentified foreigner is shown speaking to small boys dressed in militia outfits in Frames 25-27. See also Prints 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 682
Image Count:
1
Description:
Unidentified railroad depot showing that trains are completely at a standstill; port economy appears equally stagnant; abandoned Firestone plant (nationalized) and another corporate-like building. Frames 3-8 show an unidentified blonde boy eating ice cream; same boy appears in the prints of the Hotel Presidente swimming pool. See also Prints 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 36.
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.
