Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: BALLOT, Henri
Title: World's Biggest Jail Break
Event Date: 1952-06
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: overall: 17.6 cm x 17.5 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.104317

Inscriptions:
Cel Hidalgo, commander of the 5th Battalion of the Cavalry, was the chief/ of the operation. He proved himself [missing] energetic and efficient, and/ also treated the captives with humanity.

Tagasauris Keywords: Crime, law and justice; Day; Face; Group; Group of people; Group of people; Hat; Low angle View; Male; Male; Man; Mid adult; Moustache; Mustache; Outdoors; Scarf; Social issues; Still Life; Three-Quarter-Length Portrait; Unrest, conflicts and war; Waist-Up Portrait
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BRAZIL / PRISONS
Retouching: N