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Title
A child Contra soldier on a field, 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 child Contra soldier stands on a field at El Porvenir Farm, two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is holding a black bucket and an unidentified weapon, which is hanging from his left shoulder. He is part of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, known informally as "Contras."
Un niño soldado de los contras está de pie sobre un campo en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Él sostiene una cubeta negra y un fusil no identificado, el cual cuelga de su hombro izquierdo. Él forma parte de las Fuerzas Demócraticas Nicaragüenses (FDN), conocida informalmente como la contra.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.08.01
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2439
Subject
Documentary photographs
Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense
Firearms
Child soldiers
Contras
Counterrevolutionaries
Soldiers
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Nicaragua
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.08.01.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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