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Image / Korean grandmother holding her grandchild, Cheju Island, Korea, ca. 1949

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Title
Korean grandmother holding her grandchild, Cheju Island, Korea, ca. 1949
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1949
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of an elderly woman holding a baby on her lap. The baby wears a hat and is sticking its tongue out. "Cheju Island 1949 This child & its older brother & sister were orphaned by the Communists. They killed the father and mother in a raid. The old lady is the grandmother."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
12 x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57648 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-Korea-013-06-002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57648
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-Korea-013-06-002.jpg
Subject
Women
Early childhood
Family
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1949
Place
Asia
Korea
Source
MKL/Korea/013/06/002 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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