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Cuba's prima ballerina Alicia Alonzo is champion of revolution
Cuba's prima ballerina Alicia Alonzo is champion of revolution

Cuba's prima ballerina Alicia Alonzo is champion of revolution

Date1/16/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cuba's prima ballerina Alicia Alonzo is champion of revolution
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0029160F
Ballerina Alicia Alonso. Her work in Cuba has made her a national heroine
Ballerina Alicia Alonso. Her work in Cuba has made her a national heroine
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Ian Delaney speaks to assembled, and after meeting chats with Cuban Ambassador, Bienvenido Garcia (blue suit) and Cuba's Minister of Finance Manuel Millares (grey suit)
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Cuba's premier Fidel Castro. Star staff photographer Reg Innell took this picture of Castro earlier this year at a rally in Chaplin theatre, Havana
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Fifty-three-year-old Agustin Hernandez Diaz, a master cigar roller from Cuba's Partagas factory, shows his artistry at the Havana House on Yorkville Ave
Fifty-three-year-old Agustin Hernandez Diaz, a master cigar roller from Cuba's Partagas factory, shows his artistry at the Havana House on Yorkville Ave
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Visitors to cuba's pavilion at Expo are bombarded with propaganda that doesn't always get across
Visitors to cuba's pavilion at Expo are bombarded with propaganda that doesn't always get across
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