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Title
A family 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
An older woman holds a blue towel to her face during a burial service as she mourns the death of a group of young men murdered by Contras. To the right is another older woman wearing brown glasses holding her. To their right is a young girl with her arms crossed mourning. In the backround there are many more people mourning and at least one of them in military uniform.
Una anciana pone su cara sobre una toalla azul durante un servicio funeral mientras llora la muerte de un grupo de muchachos asesinados por contras. A la derecha se observa a otra anciana, la cual porta lentes color café, sosteniendo a la anciana doliente. A la derecha de las dos señoras se observa a una niña con brazos cruzados también de luto. Al fondo de la imagen se observan muchas más personas de luto, con una de ellas en uniforme militar.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.22.14
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2367
Subject
Documentary photographs
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Soldiers
Nicaragua. Ejército Popular Sandinista
Contras
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Managua (Nicaragua)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.22.14.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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