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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Dickey Chapelle as a Young Girl

Date: 1934
Description: Georgette Louise (Dickey) Meyer, the tall, bespectacled girl in the middle, salutes with five other children.
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Helicopter in Binh Mung

Date: 1961
Description: Little boys watch the arrival of a helicopter over Binh Mung village in Vietnam.
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Roadside Scene with Japanese Women

Date: 1945
Description: A military truck with men in uniform is on a road near three Japanese women and a small child who are sitting on the grass on the roadside. Two of the wom...
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Panamanian Women Grinding Corn

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women grinding corn at Yawissa, near the Chucunaque River in Panama. Two women wearing wrapped fabric around their waists are grindin...
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Panamanians Eating Dinner

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian women and children eating dinner along the Chucunaque River. A woman in a jumpsuit holding a hat is watching Panamanian children eati...
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Panamanian Men and American Woman

Date: 12 1942
Description: A Panamanian boy is standing between two indigenous Panamanian men. They are all wearing face paint and flowers in their hair. One of the men and the boy a...
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Panamanian Children with American Woman

Date: 12 1942
Description: Indigenous Panamanian children talking to an American woman near the Chucunaque River in Panama. The American woman is wearing a safari hat and jumpsuit an...
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Algerian Women and Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian women and children gather at the Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. They are dressed in patterned fabric and are sitting on the ground.
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Algerian Women in Tent

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian women receiving treatment in a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) tent. One woman is nursing a baby. Another woman is standing while examining an...
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Algerian Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Three Algerian children standing together near their home. Two of them are holding hands. Behind them is a well, and piles of boxes in an alcove. Beside th...
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Algerian Children and Woman

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian woman with braids posing in front of a dwelling with three children. The family is barefoot, and one of the children is holding two rocks.
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Two Algerian Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Two Algerian children sitting outside, posing for a photograph. An older girl with braids in her hair is sitting with her arm around a younger child. They ...
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Three Algerian Boys

Date: 08 1957
Description: Three Algerian boys posing outdoors near a column. The tallest boy, wearing striped pants, a button up shirt, and sandals, is standing in the middle of the...
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Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: Airstrip at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A young food vendor stands with a large circular tray on his head which casts shade for him. A silver plane sits o...
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Young Vendor at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A young vendor stands with a large plate of food on his head and a satchel around his neck at the runway of the Luang Prabang Airport, Laos. There is a sil...
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Waiting at Luang Prabang Airport

Date: 05 1961
Description: A small group of refugees wait with luggage under an awning at Luang Prabang airport, Laos. An armed soldier stands behind them on the right. There is a tr...
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Lao Infantrymen at Keukacham Meo Settlement

Date: 1961
Description: Two Lao infantry men posing for a picture on a dirt road next to a stack of crates in the Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos. A number of residents and soldier...
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Soldiers and Residents, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Vinh Quoi, Vietnam, in the aftermath of a Viet Cong attack. There is a burned-out building in the background. A male resident is sitting on a downed fence ...
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Survivors and Soldiers in Field, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Soldiers stand in front of a group of survivors of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi. The survivors are carrying bundles of belongings and a g...

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