A Pistol for Papa
Photograph
A Pistol for Papa
From Singles and Sequences
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16.6 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0497
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, C [upside down]: 6-61 12) A PISTOL FOR PAPA: In a bizarre footnote to the assassination \ of the Dominican Republic's dictator Rafael Trujillo, his wounded chauffer [sic], \ Captain Zacarias de la Cruz is visited in the hospital by his wife Jennie \ and son Leonidas. The child in his eagerness to emulate his father appears \ to point a pistol right at papa's head. \ Credit: BOB HENRIQUES © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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