Nuns starved by Communists recuperating in Los Angeles hospital after being flown out of China, 1948

Item Overview

Title: Nuns starved by Communists recuperating in Los Angeles hospital after being flown out of China, 1948
Date Created: November 20, 1948
Date: 1948-11-20
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: ORDEAL OVER -- From left, Sister Mary of the Good Shepherd, Sister Mary Magdalen and Sister St. Agnes, recuperating in hospital after being flown out of China. Systematically starved by Communists, the sisters are suffering from malnutrition.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Malnutrition
War
Nuns--United States
Communism--China
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b52_54711
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002s0zz
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