Burden Of War: Carrying youngsters nearly their own size, Laotian youths trudge barefooted down a dusty jungle road while fleeing the battle zone in the Plain of Jars. They were among refugees who arrived at the outpost of Borikhane in central Laos after walking more than 75 miles and evacuating their homes before the onslaught of invading Communist Pathet Lao troops, Laos.

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Burden Of War: Carrying youngsters nearly their own size, Laotian youths trudge barefooted down a dusty jungle road while fleeing the battle zone in the Plain of Jars. They were among refugees who arrived at the outpost of Borikhane in central Laos after walking more than 75 miles and evacuating their homes before the onslaught of invading Communist Pathet Lao troops, Laos.
Burden Of War: Carrying youngsters nearly their own size, Laotian youths trudge barefooted down a dusty jungle road while fleeing the battle zone in the Plain of Jars. They were among refugees who arrived at the outpost of Borikhane in central Laos after walking more than 75 miles and evacuating their homes before the onslaught of invading Communist Pathet Lao troops, Laos.
Artist/Maker
DateMay 1964
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
DimensionsSheet: 6 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (16.5 × 19.2 cm) Image: 6 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (15.6 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2024.21.244
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Markings Verso, center, upside down (pasted newspaper clipping): "BURDEN OF WAR - Carrying youngsters nearly / their own size, Laotian youths trudge barefooted / down a dusty jungle road while fleeing the battle / zone in the Plain of Jars. They were among refugees / who arrived at the outpost of Borikhane in central / Laos after walking more than 75 miles and evacuat- / ing their homes before the onslaught of invading / Communist Pathet Lao troops. --AP Wirephoto."
Verso, upper and lower center (two purple ink stamps): "MAY 28 1964P1a"
Verso, left edge, sideways (blue printed stamp): "1964 MAY 28 AM 9:37"
Verso, lower left quadrant (black ink stamp): "NOTICE / This picture is the property of the Associated / Press and may be used only for the purpose of / reproduction when authorized by the [illegible]. / not be syndicated, rented or loaned or used for / advertising purposes of for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / each reproduction of the picture: ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / [illegible] U.S. PATENT OFFICE"
Verso, lower left corner (typed adhesive label): "ybc 145"
Verso, top left edge (typed adhesive label): "6x8 / 489011"
Inscribed Verso, upper right, sideways (pencil): "ANON-VNM-249"
Verso, right-center (blue pencil): "Laos [encircled] / Revolt"
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Unknown artist
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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