Verwoerd of South Africa
Photograph
Verwoerd of South Africa
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.8 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (20.4 × 25.7 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0508
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, C: VERWOERD OF SOUTH AFRICA: At the ceremonies (May 31) which \ established South Africa as a Republic, leadership passed from Commonwealth \ Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, shown here with his wife, to the Republic's \ new president, Charles R. Swart. Verwoerd, showing remarkable recovery \ from the 1960 wounds of his attempted assassination, expressed his undying \ support of the racial segregation policy of Apartheid. \ Credit: IAN BERRY © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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