Title from caption on object: “One of Miami's Cuban Refugees, Federico Fidel Fernandez, Listens to President Kennedy...”

October 22, 1962

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

United Press International

Publisher

This is a photograph of an old television displaying a man speaking, with a person sitting at a desk. The television screen shows a blurry image of a man in a suit and tie speaking. In the foreground, there is a person sitting at a desk with their hands resting in front of them and another person’s hand visible holding a pencil and writing. A rotary dial telephone sits atop the desk. The setting appears to be an office or work environment, with other desks and people visible in the background. The photograph is black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.4 × 21.8 cm (5 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 23.1 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.644

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left printed in purple ink: REFERENCE / OCT 30 '62; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink inverted and underlined: TV [by unknown hand in graphite: ✓]; center in graphite inverted: A7881; center right UPI copyright stamp in black ink; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: MBF-102203 / MIAMI, FLA.: ONE OF MIAMI'S CUBAN REFUGEES, [by unknown hand in black ink: x] FEDERICO / FIDEL FERNANDEZ, LISTENS TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY ADDRESS / THIS NATION AND THE WORLD OF THE U.S. STAND ON / THE CUBAN SITUATION. THE MIAMI CUBAN COLONY FIRST / REACTION WAS CALM. / A / UPI TELEPHOTO 10/22/62

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