Aftermath of civil strife in India
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Aftermath of civil strife in India

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Associated Press

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American

Aftermath of civil strife in India

September 1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.4 x 21.2 cm (6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Overall: 18 x 22.8 cm (7 1/16 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0357.0011
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): 7423 A / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / EDITORS: ONE OF A SERIES OF OUT- / STANDING 1947 NEWS PICTURES / AFTERMATH OF CIVIL STRIFE IN INDIA / A GROUP OF MOSLEM REFUGEES, UNABLE TO KEEP / UP WITH THE MAIN BODY OF THEIR CO-RELIGIONISTS, / IN FLIGHT FROM A DANGEROUS AREA OF NEW DELHI, / INDIA, CARRIED A LITTER PAST THE DEAD LEFT IN / RAIN-SOAKED CHELMSFORD ROAD IN FIERCE FIGHTING / BETWEEN MOSLEMS AND HINDUS. TORN BELONGINGS OF / THE DEAD LITTERED THE ROADWAY AS THREE OF INDIA'S / SACRED COWS GRAZED ALONG THE ROAD (UPPER RIGHT). / THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER BY AP STAFF / PHOTOGRAPHY MAX DESFOR. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / GFR 840 PES 12.3.47 STF MD 160 / WABC LIST-GD-NYWS-MON-SJ-FOR

verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / This picture is the property of the Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under each reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
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