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Title
Press photo of evacuating women & children at an airstrip in Laos, 1963
Contributor
Hyleigh Pan
Date Created and/or Issued
1963-04-22
Contributing Institution
UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection
Hyleigh Pan collection of digital photographs of Lao ephemera
Rights Information
Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description
Scope/Content: Press photo from AP Wire of women and children evacuating from the Plaine des Jarres area in Laos due to the possibility of a civil war between pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces and rightists. Neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma flew to the area to ensure that the cease-fire agreements reached on April 14th were respected.
Type
image
Form/Genre
digital photographs
Identifier
Laotian_diaspora03.jpg
Subject
Laotian Americans
Laotian Americans--History--Periodicals.
Laotian Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Laotians--United States--Fiction.
Human rights--Laos.
Lao literature.

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