New Arrivals: First Edition of Expedicion y Desembarco del “Granma” [title from cover: “Album Expedicionarios Granma”] (ca.1959).
Memorial souvenir documenting the 81 original insurgents who took part in the voyage from Tuxpan, Mexico, to the east coast of Cuba in November, 1956 – the official launching of the Cuban Revolution. Includes a photographic portrait of each of the participants, including very youthful portraits of Fidel and Raul Castro, Ernesto “Che” Guevarra, Camilo Cienfuegos, and others. Publication date uncertain, but certainly after October, 1959, as Camilo Cienfuegos is listed among the “martyrs” of the revolution. Fidel Castro is credited on title page for “leadership and direction” of the publication.
I made this Rolex Subcomandante (top) photo alteration inspired by this presumably fake Rolex ad featuring Che Guevara (second photo). I’m not sure what the original source is.
Subcomandante Marcos does (or did) wear watches and they appear to be Casio (sometimes the Casio F91W-1 as in the third photo) and maybe Timex watches, often two at a time:
I arrived in that jungle with one watch and the other dates from when the ceasefire began. When the two times coincide it will mean that Zapatismo is finished as an army and that another stage, another watch and another time has started.
