Earthquake Refugees-- A Greek priest holds his crying baby son as they reach the port of Piraeus with other refugees from earthquake-ravaged islands of Kefallinia. Severe tremors continued for the fifth successive day today in the Greek Ionian Sea islands of Kefallinia, Ithaca and Zakynthos, as the unofficial death toll neared 1,000.

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Title:
Earthquake Refugees-- A Greek priest holds his crying baby son as they reach the port of Piraeus with other refugees from earthquake-ravaged islands of Kefallinia. Severe tremors continued for the fifth successive day today in the Greek Ionian Sea islands of Kefallinia, Ithaca and Zakynthos, as the unofficial death toll neared 1,000.
Title (alt.):
Earthquakes-Greece-1953.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Earthquakes...Greece August 1953
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. August 1953]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Earthquakes
Ionian Sea Earthquake, Greece, 1953
Places:
Greece
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 256 x 210 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/t722mm34f
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_001153_0022
Barcode:
39999088103708