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Title
Distant view of fighting in the mountains, Cabañas, 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
A panoramic view of San Vicente volcano in El Salvador. The volcano's original name, from the Nahuatl language, is Chichontepec and is known by locals as "Las Chiches." Smoke can be seen in the mountains, where conflict between soldiers and guerrilleros took place. Below the volcano in the foreground there are scattered houses and agricultural lands. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador.
Una vista panorámica del volcán de San Vicente en El Salvador. El volcán, conocido originalmente como Chichontepec, un nombre que proviene del nahuatl, es conocido localmente como "Las Chiches". Sobre la montaña se observa una columna de humo, donde el ocurrió un conflicto entre soldados y guerrilleros. En el primer plano se observan varias casas dispersadas y tieras agrícolas. 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.B21.02.12.17
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/12775
Subject
Raids (Military science)
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
Civil war
Volcanoes--El Salvador
Landscapes--El Salvador--San Vicente (Department)
Place
Cabañas (El Salvador : Department)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B21.02.12.17.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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