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Title
A group of school children, Barbacoas, Colombia, 1979
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1979-04
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
A group of six school girls stand for a photograph on a street in Barbacoas. They are all wearing white school uniforms. The girl on the far left of the image is holding a bag on her right shoulder. Barbacoas is a city in Nariño Department, located northwest of San Juan de Pasto, the department capital. Prior to European colonization, the area was home to several Indigenous groups who practiced mining. Spaniard Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entered the area as part of Spanish colonization efforts and founded the city in 1600, where it continued to be an important mining center for gold, silver, platinum, and coal. The city remains an important mining center for Colombia.
Un grupo de seis niñas yacen paradas para una foto en una calle de Barbacoas. Todas llevan uniforme blanco escolar. La niña parada sobre la izquierda de la imagen sostiene una bolsa sobre su hombro derecho. Barbacoas es una ciudad localizada en el departamento de Nariño, al noroeste de la capital departamental de San Juan de Pasto. Antes del periodo de colonización europea, la zona fue hogar de various grupos indígenas que practicaban la minería. El español Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entró a la zona como parte de los esfuerzos de la corona española por colonizar y fundó la ciudad en el año 1600, donde continuó siendo un importante centro minero para la extracción de oro, plata, platino, y carbón. La ciudad sigue siendo un importante centro minero para Colombia.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.01.05.15A
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/6491
Subject
Children
Portraits
Place
Barbacoas (Colombia)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.01.05.15A.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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