Ernesto Guevara, Fidel Castro, Havana nightclub performers
File — Box: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection contains 4 black and white photographs from pre- and post-Revolution Cuba. One photo was taken by Muñiz Photography of a 1957 Havana nightclub performance by dancers and musicians. One photo is an unsigned and undated portrait of Fidel Castro. The two remaining portraits are of Ernesto "Che" Guevara in post-Revolution Cuba. One of these photos is a 1960s print by Osvaldo Salas and the other, a 1968 print by Transworld Features Syndicate. Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992) is widely recognized as having been one of the world's great press photographers. Salas was invited to Cuba by Fidel Castro in 1959 to photograph the Revolution. He became the chief of the photo department of the newspaper Revolución. His son, Roberto, became one of Castro's personal photographers.
Dates
- 1957-1968
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 4 items (1 box) : 4 black-and-white photographic prints
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
General
Big Box location
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu