Armed for action. Rifle-bearing Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, seated, is backed up by two armed followers at their Sierra Maestra mountain hideout in eastern Cuba's Oriente Province – Vintage Wall Art
![Armed for action. Rifle-bearing Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, seated, is backed up by two armed followers at their Sierra Maestra mountain hideout in eastern Cuba's Oriente Province, [1960?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5c29ee14a7f-L.webp)
(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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This historic photograph of Armed for action. Rifle-bearing Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, seated, is backed up by two armed followers at their Sierra Maestra mountain hideout in eastern Cuba's Oriente Province brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Armed for action. Rifle-bearing Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, seated, is backed up by two armed followers at their Sierra Maestra mountain hideout in eastern Cuba's Oriente Province
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Fidel Castro sits holding a rifle while two armed followers stand beside him, a composed scene from the rebel hideout in the Sierra Maestra, the mountain range in Cuba's Oriente Province. Castro and his fighters used these highlands as a base for their guerrilla campaign against the Batista government, which ended with the revolutionary victory in January 1959. The print is credited to photographer Andreé St. George of the Wide World agency. Its date is recorded only as approximately 1960, so it may show the rebels in the mountains or a later restaging, but its caption, "Armed for action," stresses the readiness for combat that made such images newsworthy.
| Created / published | [1960?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint by Andreé St. George (Wide World). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arms; Photog. I.; Cuba--Hist.--1960(?); BI; Shelf; Castro, Fidel, 1927- . |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145579 |
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