Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: Jenkins, Nancy
Unknown: CRAWSHAW
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.005133

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: BVLI.; typed on label [struck through]: Life in the New Bulgaria; handwritten on label: LIFE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. (BULGARIA); handwritten: Bulgaria / Tyfer / Women; typed on label: Woman Traffic Controller, member of the / New Communist Militia. This corps is / modeled on Russian lines and the work is / very popular with these young women. They / take three months to train and at present / their work is relegated to Traffic Duties / only. Their uniforms are khaki, neat and / well fitting. The mens Militia seems a / a heavily armed and large Force for a / country not at war. Substantial allocations / of money in the recent budget to the / Ministry responsible for the expansion of / the militia is a disappointing indication / that Bulgaria is to be a police-controlled / state. / The male recruits are reputed to be / drawn from the worst sectors of the / community.; stamped: COPYRIGHT / NANCY JENKINS / [star shape] / Credit: / MRS. CRAWSHAW. / 68, PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON, W.1 / WELBECK 2638 / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BULGARIA / PEOPLE
Retouching: N