Young People are Mobilized in Popular Militia

Young People are Mobilized in Popular Militia

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Young People are Mobilized in Popular Militia

China Seen from the Inside


1958
Gelatin silver print, printed November 1961
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (16 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0096
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TL: Magnum News Service 11/'61 \ Story # 1: China: Seen from the Inside. \ #6 in Packet. Credit: Cartier-Bresson © Magnum Photos \ (For full caption, see caption sheet attached) \ Young people are mobilized in popular militia which also serves \ as shock troops on labor projects-----

[see caption sheet for full caption]

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