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Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington

Date: 06 24 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, Washington D.C., president of the National Federaton of Women's Republican Clubs, in her suite at the Hotel Loraine.
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CIA Truck Observes Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Moving truck across the street from the house of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, purportedly occupied by CIA observers of the group. The moving van rea...
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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. Men are sitting and standing around a kitchen table with a radio receiver and transmitter. Tony Cuesta is sit...
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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L with radio transmitter and receiver. Four men are sitting around a kitchen table with a radio transmitter and ...
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Commandos L Armory

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in a garage functioning as an improvised armory. Group members gather around a stack of crates and are watchin...
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Commandos L Radio Testing

Date: 1963
Description: A member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L sitting on a bed testing a new radio transmitter-receiver.
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Commandos L Radio Installation

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L installing a radio transmitter on a roof. Two men are crouching working with a wire on the flat roof. A row of...
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Commandos L Radio Installation

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L installing a radio transmitter on a roof. Two men crouching working with a wire on the flat roof. A row of pal...
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Raúl Castro with Newspaper, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro sitting at a desk holding up a newspaper during the Cuban Revolution. The newspaper reads "!Extra! Triunfo La Revolution" and Castro is wearing...
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Raúl Castro with Newspaper, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro sitting at a desk holding up a newspaper during the Cuban Revolution. Castro is wearing a beret and the newspaper reads "!Extra! Triunfo La Re...
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Raúl Castro and Map, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: Raúl Castro sitting at a desk in front of a map of Oriente Province taped to the wall. He is wearing a beret and holding a cigarette in his hands.
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Commandos L with Green Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Overhead view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and wash...
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Commandos L Cooking Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L cooks ingredients for homemade explosive devices on a stove.
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L making explosive devices at the group's barracks/armory. One member is hammering cans closed on a table wh...
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Cans for Homemade Explosives, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of cans used for homemade explosives by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. The cans are sitting on a table with a lamp, a bowl and books of matche...
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Commandos L Camouflaging Explosive

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L spray painting a homemade explosive device with a camouflage pattern under a covered porch. Parked cars and tre...

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