Down with Kassem
Photograph
Down with Kassem
Baghdad Battles Reds
1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.3 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0491
Inscriptions Type printed with negative BC: (Iraq) 2/63 21) DOWN WITH KASSEM: Revolutionary soldiers tear down an effigy of former Premier Kassem \ which adorned the Defense Ministry in Baghdad ubtil the coup d'etat 10 days ago. The new regime opposes \ the "cult of personality" which characterized the defunct government. Credit: Ian Berry © 1963 MAGNUM \ Photos
