A Vietnamese on a motorcycle stops to slap a man he thinks is a Frenchman during a brief anti-French demonstration in Saigon
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A Vietnamese on a motorcycle stops to slap a man he thinks is a Frenchman during a brief anti-French demonstration in Saigon

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Associated Press

Maker
American

A Vietnamese on a motorcycle stops to slap a man he thinks is a Frenchman during a brief anti-French demonstration in Saigon

ca. 1970
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.7 x 23.4 cm (6 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Paper: 20.7 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0035
Inscriptions recto (in image): (TOK-2) SAIGON, DEC.10 (AP) A Vietnamese on a motorcycle / stops to slap a man he thinks is a Frenchman during a brief / anti-French demonstration in Saigon Dec. 8. The demonstration / by a dozen Vietnamese called on people to denounce what / "collusion between the French and the communists." They were / quickly dispersed by police although no arrests were made. / The man was not seriously injured. (AP Wirephoto) str-thanh
verso (ink): Vietnam War / E
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