---
title: 'Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, Zona 18, Old Havana: doorway, 2012'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cuba-cdr-old-havana-committee-doorway-2012/
description: 'Doorway in Old Havana with hand-painted lettering ''C.D.R. #1 Zona # 18 H. Vieja'' above a small emblem, and a yellow notice of public hours above the door.'
section: Collection
---

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# Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, Zona 18, Old Havana: doorway, 2012

Doorway in Old Havana with hand-painted lettering 'C.D.R. #1 Zona # 18 H. Vieja' above a small emblem, and a yellow notice of public hours above the door. The tell: the block's office carries the name of the organisation announced on 28 September 1960, in which defending 'the Revolution' and keeping watch on the neighbours are one civic task.

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
C.D.R. #1
ZONA # 18
H. VIEJA.

COMITÉ MILITAR MUNICIPAL
ÁREA DE ATENCIÓN No. 1
HORARIO DE ATENCIÓN AL PÚBLICO
LUNES: de 08:30 a 12:30
MIÉRCOLES: de 13:00 a 15:00
SÁBADO: de 09:00 a 12:00
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
C.D.R. #1
ZONE # 18
OLD HAVANA.

MUNICIPAL MILITARY COMMITTEE
SERVICE AREA No. 1
OPENING HOURS FOR THE PUBLIC
MONDAY: from 08:30 to 12:30
WEDNESDAY: from 13:00 to 15:00
SATURDAY: from 09:00 to 12:00
```

'H. VIEJA' is read as Habana Vieja (Old Havana). The plaque is small and partly in shadow; its heading and the opening hours are read from the 960 px copy and may contain errors of one character.

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