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Title
Contra soldier sits on the ground, Nicaragua, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983
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 Contra soldier sits on the ground as he conducts a call on a field radio somewhere along the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is wearing a watch and holding an unidentified book in his left hand. Behind him there are two other Contra soldiers each holding a Belgian-made FN FAL assault rifles. In the background, there are several heads of cattle. He is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), informally known as "Contras."
Un soldado contra está sentado sobre el suelo mientras hace una llamada usando un teléfono de campo en algún lugar sobre la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Él porta un reloj y sostiene un libro no identificado en su mano izquierda. Detrás de él se observan otros dos soldados contras, cada uno sosteniendo su fusil FN FAL de origen belga. Al fondo de la imagen se observan varias cabezas de ganado.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.07.02
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2437
Subject
Documentary photographs
Honduras
Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense
Counterrevolutionaries
Fabrique nationale automatic rifles
Radio
Soldiers
Contras
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Nicaragua
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.07.02.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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