1960 Press Photo Rifle-Toting Employees Stand Guard at Shell Refinery in Havana

Fidel Castro seized the Shell and Esso refineries in Havana today to enforce his orders to process Russian crude oil, and his powerful workers' militia supported him. Here a detachment of rifle-toting employees stands guard at the entrance to the Shell refinery. Cuba - United States.

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.