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Title
Soldiers patrolling on election day, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03
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
Five armed Salvadoran Army soldiers walk down a street in San Salvador while on patrol during election day. In the background, a large billboard advertising Coca-Cola can be seen, which reads "Enjoy the Spark of Life." Coca-Cola is an American soft drink owned by the Coca-Cola Company, an American beverage company. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador.
Cinco soldados armados del ejército salvadoreño camina sobre una calle en San Salvador mientras patrullan durante el día de la elección. Al fondo de la imagen se observa un letrero grande anunciando Coca-Cola qu elee "Disfrute la Chispa de la vida". La Coca-Cola es un refresco estadounidense que pertenece a la Coca-Cola Company, una compañía estadounidense de bebidas. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B21.08.30.12
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/12868
Subject
El Salvador. Ejército--Guard duty
El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992
Elections--El Salvador
Place
San Salvador (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B21.08.30.12.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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