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Title
Watching a funeral procession, 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 group of men, women, and children watch the funeral procession for a group of young men murdered by Contras following a demonstration at Plaza 19 de Julio held in their honor. On the left of the image there is a woman holding a naked child with another small child standing to her right. On the left of the image there is a man wearing an orange hard hat. Some of the children are barefoot or shirtless.
Un grupo de hombres, mujeres, y niños miran la procesión funeraria en honor a un grupo de muchachos asesinados por contras después de una manifestación en la Plaza 19 de Julio organizada en su honor. A la izquierda de la imagen se observa una mujer cargando a un niño desnudo mientras otro niño está de pie a su derecha. A la izquierda de la imagen se observa un hombre portando un casco protector anaranjado. Varios de los niños andan descalzos o sin camisa.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.21.09
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2393
Subject
Documentary photographs
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Safety hats
Children
Contras
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Managua (Nicaragua)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.04.21.09.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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