Aid for Algerians
Photograph
Aid for Algerians
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/16 × 7 3/16 in. (23.3 × 18.2 cm)
Paper: 10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.5 × 20.2 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0540
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 10/61 27) AID FOR ALGERIANS: wounded in their fight \ for independence from France, 12 soldiers of the FLN (Algerian \ Army of Liberation) are now undergoing medical treatment \ at two hospitals in the U.S. under the auspices of the Disabled \ American Veterans. Their trip was financed by funds raised \ by Anthony Drexel Duke of East Hampton, L.I. Two of the \ group, Abderrahmane Mahouche (28) and Ouali Slimani (26) stand \ at a window of the solarium in New York's Hospital for Special \ Surgery overlooking the East River. \ Credit: Wayne Miller © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
