The New Order
Photograph

Magnum Photos, Inc.

Maker
American, estab. 1947

The New Order

Dutch Quit New Guinea


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in. (16 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0383
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (New Guinea) 10/62 7) THE NEW ORDER: The Papuans of West New Guinea have been under Dutch control for 350 years. Many of \ them hope to achieve independence in 1969 when, by \ United Nations decision, they will have the right to vote \ themselves independent of their next masters, the \ Indonesians. \ Credit: UNITED NATIONS © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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