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Title
Women and young girls wait for men to vote, Guatemala, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-07
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Two Mayan women and four Mayan girls in colorful clothing wait for the men to vote on March 7, 1982. Groups of Mayan men started lining up vote at five in the morning. They were told that they would be killed if they did not vote.
Dos mujeres maya y cuatro niñas maya en ropa colorida esperan a que los hombres voten el 7 de marzo de 1982. Grupos de hombres mayas comenzaron a hacer su voto a las cinco de la mañana. Se les dijo que los matarían si no votaban
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B12.02.07.01A
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2748
Subject
Documentary photographs
Voting
Elections--Guatemala
Mayas
Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Social conditions
Maya women
Maya children
Place
Guatemala
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B12.02.07.01A.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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