Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Title: World's Biggest Jail Break
Event Date: 1952-06
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: overall: 18.4 cm x 16.65 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.104298

Inscriptions:
Through the narrow passages the policemen entered the forests of the Sierra in the/ mainland in their search for the fugities. Many of the convicts were found behind/ trees or thickets, but did not resist. They were licked in the wildreness [sic.] of the/ forest. Col. Hidalgo, commander of the 5th Bn. of Cavalry is in the foreground. He/ treated the captives with decency.

Tagasauris Keywords: 2 people; 2 people; Crime, law and justice; Firearm; Full-Length Portrait; Gun; Hat; Jungle; Landscape; Low angle View; Male; Military; Night; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Plant; Rainforest; Social issues; Three-Quarter-Length Portrait; Tree; Unrest, conflicts and war; Weapon; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BRAZIL / PRISONS
Retouching: N