Rescue workers search through the rubble of a home destroyed by the earthquake which hit northeastern Iran over the weekend. An estimated 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and all survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied bodies.

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Title:
Rescue workers search through the rubble of a home destroyed by the earthquake which hit northeastern Iran over the weekend. An estimated 20,000 persons were killed in the disaster and all survivors are threatened by starvation, drought, cold and spreading pestilence from unburied bodies.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes 1968
Photographer:
United Press International
Name on Item:
UPI
Date:
[ca. September 1968]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 278 x 216 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/63960j41q
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001161_0010
Barcode:
39999088103708