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Partition 1947 - Volunteers Distributing Clothes At A Refugee Camp
F.E. Chaudhrycirca. 1947
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan
Refugees after the 1947 Partition of Indian subcontinent.
This image shows a large group of refugees waiting to receive clothes being distributed by US Care volunteers visiting the camp. Volunteers and others would often offer donations and other services at various refugee camps.
This image is from the collection of F.E. Chaudhry, the only known local Pakistani photographer who captured the events at the time.
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- Title: Partition 1947 - Volunteers Distributing Clothes At A Refugee Camp
- Creator: F.E. Chaudhry
- Date Created: circa. 1947
- Subject Keywords: 1947 Partition of Indian Subcontinent, Migration, Refugee Camp, Punjab, Pakistan
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Copyright © 2017 by Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). All rights reserved. No part of this image may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including copying, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP). This image was donated by F.E. Chaudhry to CAP.
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