Peruvian Putsch

Peruvian Putsch

Photograph

Andrew St. George

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1923–2001

Peruvian Putsch

Peru: Generals Win, Voters Lose


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.7 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0315
Inscriptions Inscribed in red grease pencil on verso TLC: 27
Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: MAGNUM NEWS SERVICE \ July 1962 - TAKE TWO \ July Story #6: PERU: GENERALS WIN, VOTERS LOSE \ (Peru) 7/62 27) PERUVIAN PUTSCH: Raul Haya de la Torre, winner of Peru's \ Presidential elections last month and loser of the Presidential office \ today, meets an armored car in front of Lima's Ministry of War. The Ranger \ unit spearheaded the assaulton the Presidential palace in this week's \ bloodless army putsch. \ Credit: ANDREW ST. GEORGE © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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