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Fidel Castro answering reporters' questions after emerging from a private meeting with Vice President Richard Nixon during his unofficial trip to Washington, D.C., in April of 1959. Fidel Castro made the trip, together with a large entourage of well over a hundred people, on April 14, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see Prints 55-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro after his meeting with Nixon, see Prints 69 and 73.

Images showing Fidel Castro at the front table and part of the audience that attended his appearance at the National Press Club luncheon in Washington, D.C. There were over 600 people present as he spoke. Fidel Castro made the trip, together with a large entourage of well over a hundred people, on April 14, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 55-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro's appearance at the National Press Club, see Prints 67, 75, 76 and 78.

This print documents Fidel Castro's televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Pictured in all frames on this print, to the left, is veteran journalist May Craig, who during the course of the program, aggressively asked Fidel Castro whether his brother, Raúl Castro, was a Communist. Fidel then replied that if his brother was a Communist, he would know about it. Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 63, 65 and 78.

This print appears to show Fidel Castro being interviewed by members of the international press, probably before television cameras. The two reporters seated to his immediate right have Spanish surnames (Agustín Tamaigo? and Juan Quintal?), although their name plates are hardly visible. Next to Castro on the desk is a name plate reading "Radio Rebelde," the formerly underground radio station in Cuba through which Castro's guerrillas transmitted uncensored reports from a clandestine location in the Sierra Maestra. The location of this event is not known, although it likely took place in early 1959.

This print documents Fidel Castro's televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 61, 65 and 78.

Top frames of this sheet show Fidel Castro addressing an audience of over 600 at a luncheon held in his honor at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959. In the third, fifth and sixth rows of images, Fidel Castro makes a televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. To the left, are three journalists who questioned Castro during the program. The woman on the left with the hat is veteran journalist May Craig. Frames 3-7 in the fourth row of images show Fidel Castro enjoying a meal in his bedroom, ostensibly at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, with a copy of the Cuban newspaper Prensa Libre on his lap. The top headline reads "No capitalismo. No comunismo. Cubanismo" and pictures Fidel Castro carrying a baby wearing a bonnet, an image taken while he was in Washington, D.C., and departing the Cuban Embassy on foot while surrounded by a large crowd of curious Americans (see Contact Book V, Print 1, Frame #34). Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 61, 63, 65; for other images of Fidel Castro at the National Press Club luncheon, see Prints 60, 67, 72, 75 and 78.

This print documents Fidel Castro's televised appearance on the NBC news show "Meet the Press." Other men seated with Castro are host Mr. Brooks and Anthony Hervas, serving as Fidel Castro's interpreter. To the left of frames 28-32 is veteran female journalist May Craig and two other unidentified colleagues. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro appearing on "Meet the Press," see Prints 56, 63, 65 and 78.

Photograph of a crowd of curious on-lookers standing in the rain as Fidel Castro makes an appearance during his visit to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V.

This print shows Fidel Castro delivering his address at the luncheon hosted for him by the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., during his trip to the United States in mid-April. Seated beside Castro is Rufo López Fresquet (cleaning glasses, frames 15-17; wearing glasses, frames 10-14 and 18-19). Over 600 people attended the event, as can be seen in frames 28 and 29. Frame 5 shows Fidel Castro at the cocktail reception also held at the National Press Club. Fidel Castro made the trip to Washington, D.C., in mid-April, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see also Prints 56-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of Fidel Castro's appearance at the National Press Club, see Prints 60, 64, 67, 72, 75, 76 and 78.

This print shows Fidel Castro making a visit to the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. In this print, the massive crowd of on-lookers, companions, bodyguards, police and reporters that followed Fidel to the Memorial can be seen as they make their way up the steps, with the reflecting pool and the Washington Monument behind them (see frames 5-13). Fidel Castro made the trip, together with a large entourage of well over a hundred people, on April 14, 1959, in response to the invitation of Jules Dubois, editor of the Chicago Tribune and then president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Fidel remained in the United States for more than two weeks, eventually touring cities on the eastern seaboard such as Boston, Princeton, New Jersey and New York City. For other images of Fidel Castro's trip to Washington and New York, see Prints 55-78 and Contact Book V; for other images of his visit to the Lincoln Memorial, see Prints 55, 58 and 68.