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Uprooted From His Home

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  • Uprooted From His Home: An elderly South Vietnamese man from Hue sits on a street curb in Da Nang, his personal and household possessions piled helter-skelter around him. He was one of thousands of refugees fleeing from Hue to Da Nang following a recent government decision to abandon South Vietnam’s old capital to advancing North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, March 25, 1975
Artist (Vietnamese, active 1960s - 1970s)
Publisher (American, founded 1846)
Date1975
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.
Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
Object number2021.0579
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