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"Hands Off Cuba!" handbill
"Hands Off Cuba!" handbill

"Hands Off Cuba!" handbill

Object number2013.088.0003
Date1963
ClassificationsDocuments
Creator Lee Harvey Oswald
ObjectDocument
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumPaper
Dimensions8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (22.7 × 15.1 cm)
Collections
Description“Hands Off Cuba!” handbill designed by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. The flyer is printed in black letters on yellow paper. Oswald was arrested in New Orleans on August 9, 1963, for disturbing the peace while handing out these pro-Castro leaflets.
Curatorial Commentary
The Museum's collection also includes a home movie shot in New Orleans in 1963 that shows Lee Harvey Oswald distributing these flyers and being arrested after an altercation with three men. The Martin film is available online - please see 2007.028.0001. The collection also includes a New Orleans Police Department booking photograph taken after Oswald's arrest; please see 2013.102.0001. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
On May 29, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald - using the alias Lee Osborne - ordered one thousand of these handbills from the Jones Printing Company on Girod Street in New Orleans. The total cost was $9.89. - Stephen Fagin, Curator