New Nation
Photograph
New Nation
The "World Family" Approaches Maturity
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (16.3 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0350
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (U.N.) 9/62 8) NEW NATION: Children of the newly born Republic of Rwanda \ celebrated their independence on July 1st in the capital of Kigali. \ Once part of the Belgian administrated trust territory of Ruanda- \ Urundi, the land was divided into the Kingdom of Urunda and the \ Rwanda Republic under the leadership of the United Nations. \ Credit: UNITED NATIONS © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
