From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 369
Image Count:
1
Description:
Images of Fidel Castro's visit to the New York Times where he publicly lauded Herbert Matthews, the first reporter to visit his then tiny band of guerrillas in the Sierra Maestra in late February of 1957 and to whose subsequent reports he owed much of his initial positive press and notoriety in the United States. During his visit to the newspaper's headquarters, Fidel awarded Matthews with a special gold medal for his service to the Revolution. These images were taken during the last days of Fidel Castro's April 1959 visit to the United States. Frames 23 and 24 show Matthews standing up to speak about his relationship with Castro and the Revolution. See also Prints 36 and 40.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 328
Image Count:
1
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C. in mid-April, the second, fourth, fifth and seventh rows of frames on this print show Castro surrounded by Cuban functionaries, bearded rebels and American reporters in the front vestibule of the Cuban Embassy, located at 2630 16th Street NW. The top, third and sixth rows of frames depict U.S. citizens carrying picket signs and protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Statler Hilton Hotel where Fidel Castro was speaking at a luncheon held by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In a subsequent speech given in Central Park, New York City, Fidel claimed that the picketers were college students being paid $17 an hour for their time by pro-Batista groups seeking to discredit the Revolution as "communist." See also Prints 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 329
Image Count:
1
Description:
Scenes of Cuban diplomatic staff and other government functionaries inside the Cuban Embassy located at 2630 Washington, D.C. during Fidel Castro's first visit to the United States after the triumph of revolutionary forces against Batista.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 330
Image Count:
2
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging, as well as impromptu meetings with reporters at the entrance to the embassy (frames 8-10, 11-15). Celia Sánchez appears in frames 6-7, standing inside the embassy before the interior balcony overlooking the central staircase. Frame 23 shows the Cuban flag flying over the roof of the embassy in the background as Fidel walks along with the accompanying crowd. See also Prints 1, 2, 4, 7 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 331
Image Count:
1
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging. See also Prints 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 332
Image Count:
1
Description:
Taken during Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows U.S. citizens carrying picket signs and protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Statler Hilton Hotel where Fidel Castro was speaking at a luncheon held by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In a subsequent speech given in Central Park, New York City, Fidel claimed that the picketers were American college students who were paid $17 an hour for their time by pro-Batista groups seeking to discredit the Revolution as "communist." Picket signs include the phrases "The commies are coming! They are with Fidel!"; "Fidel's beard hides a red face!"; "Castro says that anything that is wrong with Cuba is caused by the U.S."; "Fidelism. Revolutionism. Communism"; "Fidel-Newest dictator in western hemisphere"; "Castro says imperialistic U.S. a bad neighbor"; and "with friends like Fidel, the U.S. needs no enemies!" Frames 26 and 27 depict three police officers guarding the entrance to the ballroom in which Fidel is speaking. See also Prints 4 and 12.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1959 April
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 333
Image Count:
1
Description:
Documenting Fidel Castro's trip to the United States that began with a visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, this print shows Castro surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans as he walks in the area around the Cuban Embassy at 2630 16th Street NW, where he was lodging. Fidel is seen signing autographs, holding babies and talking jovially with members of the crowd. See also Prints 1, 2, 4 and 6.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 380
Image Count:
1
Description:
Various images taken at a workers' parade held in Havana's Civic Plaza (later called the Plaza de la Revolución) celebrating labor unions, peasants, militias and the Revolutionary Armed Forces' unconditional support for the government. Among the marchers, a number of labor union members hold banners asking for the Cuban military to take over and manage their centers of employment. In this print, frame 13 of the second row shows a banner reading "Queremos adiestramiento para defender revolución. FNOEC." Frames 14 and 15 show workers holding another banner that reads "Pedimos adiestramiento militar para obreros. Remington Rand." Frame 6 of the last row shows port workers of the Puerto de Mariel carrying a banner that features the painted image of an octopus and frame 8 of the top row documents the participation of stevedores. See also Prints 8 and 9.
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Published / Created:
1960 January
Call Number:
MS 650
Container / Volume:
Box 4, folder 381
Image Count:
1
Description:
Top images show Fidel Castro delivering a nighttime address. Behind him, to his left, stands Crescencio Pérez, a peasant made famous for having first helped Fidel and his surviving group of guerrillas after their fateful landing of the Granma on the southern shore of Oriente in December, 1956. Pérez's long line of formal and informal kin relations proved invaluable to the stabilization and long-term successful legitimization of Fidel's guerrillas among the highland populations of the Sierra Maestra. After the war, Fidel awarded Pérez with a commission in the Revolutionary Armed Forces. Succeeding images depict President Osvaldo Dorticós delivering a televised speech to the nation from his office at the Presidential Palace; Minister of Foreign Relations Raúl Roa sits to his left and a bust of José Martí is behind him. See also Prints 13 and 15.
