019217 Accession Number: 019217

Description

Japan. 1945. Food is very short in Japan and scenes such as this are very common. Every youngster spends all his time fishing for food. Here a group of them fish in a city canal while in the background are the rusty and burnt out shanties they live in.

Details

Accession Number
019217
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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