Korean Refugees Get in Way of The War

Korean Refugees Get in Way of The War

Photograph

Carl Mydans

Maker
American, 1907–2004

Korean Refugees Get in Way of The War

August 16, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 11/16 × 6 in. (22.1 × 15.2 cm)
Paper: 9 × 7 3/16 in. (22.9 × 18.3 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on paper attached to print recto, TC: [circled] Korean War
Printed on paper attached to print recto: 8718 D / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / KOREAN REFUGEES GET IN WAY OF THE WAR / SOLDIERS OF THE U.S. 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION / MAN A SANDBAG POST AS KOREAN REFUGEES STREAM / ACROSS THE NAKTONG RIVER ON THE CENTRAL FRONT. / REFUGEES, FLEEING THE INVADING NORTH KOREAN / REDS, WERE PERMITTED TO CROSS THE RIVER AFTER / AMERICAN OFFICERS AND SOUTH KOREAN POLICE / CROSSED THE RIVER TO SCREEN THEM. MORE THAN 5,000 / MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN MADE THE CROSSING. / NAKTONG IS SHALLOW AND ONLY A HALF MILE WIDE / AT THIS POINT. THIS PICTURE WAS MADE BY / PHOTOGRAPHER CARL MYDANS OF LIFE MAGAZINE.
Printed on paper attached to print recto, BC: GFR1045AEDT 8/16/50 LIFE 37 / EAST ABC TENNONS CX 'A' (ALL FOREIGN OUT) / (US ONLY) (CANADA OUT) (TMC WW MAGS OUT) / NYWS NR BING PR
Stamped in ink on print verso, C: [underlined] NOTICE / This picture is the proper[illegible] the Associated / Press [illegible] used only [illegible] purpose of / reproduction [illegible] authorized by the owner. [illegible] / or loaned, or used for / [illegible] purposes of trade, / [illegible] of the picture. / ASSOCIATED PRESS / NEWS[?]
Inscribed in blue pencil on print verso, BC: [upside down] People
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