Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1957-01-03
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.172547

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Kashmir pers. / Black Star; stamped: Pan-Asia Photo News; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; typed label: [illeg] Election in Full Swing / Prime Minister [illeg.] Ghulam Mohammed / of the controversial Jammu & Kashmir / State, joins the “Vote for the / Congress” campaign on his arrival from / Katmandu at Calcutta on the eve of / the India’s second general election. / More than 193 million voters all over / India went to the polls Feb. 24 to / elect 500 members of the Lok Abha / (Lower House) and 3102 members in / the 13 State Assemblies, in one of / the worlds biggest elections which / will continue until March 14 / Pan-Asia Photo News 1//3//77 mm//no

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: PERSONALITIES / KASHMIR
Retouching: N