Coping with Disaster: Palestine Refugees in Lebanon

Description (Brief):

Press print; elderly man holding photographs of (presumably) his family, a young boy can be seen standing behind him

Description (Brief)

from verso: "An Elderly Palestine refugee who lost his family at the Shatila camp massacre in Beirut in September 1982."

Date Made: 1982Associated Date: 1982

Maker: United Nations

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Lebanon: Beyrouth, Beirut

Subject: poverty, Economy, Lebanese, Palestinians

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Photography

Exhibition:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2013.0327.0228Catalog Number: 2013.0327.0228Accession Number: 2013.0327

Object Name: photographresin coated print

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 14.9225 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-f40a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1692368

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