Tag: Freedom Tower

Cuban Refugee Center Information Form
This information form from the Cuban Refugee Center, completed by Leyda Mateo Diaz, was used to identify family members remaining in Cuba to support documentation

Freedom Tower Registration Card
Cuban Refugees would receive this registration card at the Freedom Tower that allowed them to receive all the different services offered by the Cuban Refugee

Freedom Tower construction
Harry A. Warner’s grandfather was part of the team of workers on the construction team of the Freedom Tower in 1925. He was an immigrant

Oportunidades Newspaper
Produced by the Cuban Refugee Center, the newsletter Oportunidades offered orientation services to individuals processed at the Freedom Tower.

Pair of shoes
Oral History participant, Carlos Donate, wore this pair of shoes on the day he left Cuba in 1965. They contain a hidden compartment used for