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Title
Wuchow flood, Wuchow, China, 1949
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of the Wuchow flood showing the devastation in the village. There is a boy standing in water up to the top of his thighs. There are some houses in the background almost completlely covered in water. Damaged houses on the distant hillside are also visible.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
6 x 5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m60216 [Legacy record ID]
MSA-China-03-03-001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60216
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MSA-China-03-03-001.jpg
Subject
Floods
General views
Time Period
1949
Place
Asia
China
Wuchow
Source
MSA/China/03/03/001 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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