FBatistaWifeHandshake
"The Cuban Dictator and the Mrs." Washington, D.C., Nov. 10. Col. Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban Army Sergeant who rose to the Dictatorship of Cuba, arrived in Washington today for a round of military reviews and dinners of state which will screen some fine international conversations, the visit has a high flavor of mystery, the War Department has been at elaborate pains to stick to its story that the Colonel, who never set foot outside of Cuba until two days ago, is suddenly traveling at the age of thirty seven years, he is shown with his seldom photographed wife (Elisa Godinez-Gómez), and the ambassador from Cuba Dr. Pedro Fraga ?, at the Cuban Embassy, 11/10/38
- Date
- 1938-11-10
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 9,239 × 7,536 pixels
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