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[Group of Cuban and Hungarian demonstrators near the Soviet Embassy in New York City carrying placards during the Cuban missile crisis] – Historic Print

[Group of Cuban and Hungarian demonstrators near the Soviet Embassy in New York City carrying placards during the Cuban missile crisis] — historic photograph
[Group of Cuban and Hungarian demonstrators near the Soviet Embassy in New York City carrying placards during the Cuban missile crisis]. Historic photograph from the Latin America collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Group of Cuban and Hungarian demonstrators near the Soviet Embassy in New York City carrying placards during the Cuban missile crisis]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Among the many photographs from the October 1962 standoff, this one stands out for its setting: a small crowd of Cuban and Hungarian demonstrators gathered near the Soviet Embassy in New York City, holding placards aimed at Moscow and its role in the crisis. The Cuban missile crisis brought the Soviet Union and the United States to the brink of nuclear war after American surveillance revealed missiles being installed on Cuba, and protests like this one show how the conflict reached ordinary streets far from the Caribbean. Groups of Cuban exiles and Eastern European émigrés, including Hungarians who remembered the Soviet crushing of the 1956 uprising, had strong reasons to voice opposition to Soviet power.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1962
SubjectsCuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970. Protest movements--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970. Signs--New York (State)--New York--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-204361

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