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Title
Crowd mourns, 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 crowd mourns the death of two young men killed by Contras during a demonstration at Plaza 19 de Julio in Managua. In the foreground there are two women, one young and one old, consoling each other as they both cry. In the background there are several men and women also crying. Below them is a casket covered with the blue-and-white flag of Nicaragua. Most of the women are covering their hair.
Una multitud llora la muerte de dos jóvenes asesinados por contras durante una manifestación en la Plaza 19 de Julio en Managua. En primer plano se observan dos mujeres, una joven y otra anciana, consolándose mientras lloran. Al fondo de la imagen se observan varios hombres y mujeres llorando también. En frente de ellos yace un féretro cubierto con la bandera albiazul de Nicaragua. La mayoría de las mujeres tienen el pelo cubierto.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.18.16
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2397
Subject
Documentary photographs
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Contras
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Managua (Nicaragua)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.18.16.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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