Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: PAN ASIA PHOTO NEWS
Event Date: 1959-10-17
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.074568

Inscriptions:
Credit: [star] / from BLACK STARCaptions: Verso: Okinawa / Accidents / HANDS CLASPED in prayer, barefooted survivors of / an Okinawan landslide watch xxxxxx workers / dig bodies of their relatives and friends who / were buried alive in the wake of Typhoon Charlotte. / The typhoon hit Okinawan on Oct. 16-17. In / Ogimi Village, 43 were killed in the landslide. / A total of 50 persons were killed and 20 injured / throughout the island. PAN-ASIA PHOTOMarkings:Verso: Okinawa / Accidents / HANDS CLASPED in prayer, barefooted survivors of / an Okinawan landslide watch xxxxxx workers / dig bodies of their relatives and friends who / were buried alive in the wake of Typhoon Charlotte. / The typhoon hit Okinawan on Oct. 16-17. In / Ogimi Village, 43 were killed in the landslide. / A total of 50 persons were killed and 20 injured / throughout the island. PAN-ASIA PHOTO

Tagasauris Keywords: Day; Disasters and accidents; Forest; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Landslide; Lumber; Male and Female; Mid adult; No Photostyle; Okinawa Prefecture; Outdoors; Panoramic; Person; Religion and belief; Squat; Tree; Unrest, conflicts and war
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: OKINAWA / ACCIDENTS
Retouching: N