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Title
Three Contras rest, 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
Three Contras, known formally as members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, in military uniform sit and rest at El Porvenir Farm, two kilometers south of the border with Honduras. The Contras on the left and right are holding each a Belgian FN FAL assault rifle and wearing hats. The soldier in the middle is wearing a hat, but not holding a weapon.
Tres contras, conocidos formalmente como miembros de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense, en uniforme militar yacen sentados mientras descansan en la granja El Porvenir, la cual se encuentra a dos kilómetros al sur de la frontera con Honduras. Los contras a la izquierda y derecha portan fusiles FN FAL de origen belga y también portan gorros. El contra sentado en medio porta gorro, pero no fusil.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.06.20
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2391
Subject
Documentary photographs
Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense
Fabrique nationale automatic rifles
Contras
Counterrevolutionaries
Soldiers
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Nicaragua
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.06.20.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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