Nothing To Smile About: Camels and sheep await their fate at Kuwait. The animals will be slaughtered and served to voters after balloting in Monday's parliamentary elections in the oil-rich nation.

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© Abbas Attar / Magnum Photos.
Nothing To Smile About: Camels and sheep await their fate at Kuwait. The animals will be slaughtered and served to voters after balloting in Monday's parliamentary elections in the oil-rich nation.
© Abbas Attar / Magnum Photos.
Artist/Maker (Iranian, 1944 – 2018)
DateJanuary 26, 1975
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (15.5 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.14
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Markings Recto, top (typewritten): "(BEI-1) KUWAIT, Jan. 26 -- NOTHING TO SMILE ABOUT -- Camels and sheep await their fate at Kuwait. The animals will be slaughtered and served to voters after balloting in Monday's parliamentary elections in the oil-rich nation. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP AAA wire story) (g111200str/abbas) 1975
Verso, middle, tilted, (stamp): "Jan 27, 1975"

Inscribed Verso, bottom, left, sideways (pencil): "JA-614.1"
Verso, bottom right (pencil): "2025.30.14"

Verso, top left, (red pen): "Animals - Camels"

Verso, middle (blue pen): "78, 14/199"
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