A Korean mother flees the fighting around Seoul
date: label: Date made
content: 1951
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: Carl Mydans covered the Korean War for almost a year between 1950 and 1951. During that period, Seoul changed hands four times. By March of 1951, the city was in ruins, mostly destroyed in vicious street battles. Its prewar population dropping from 1.5 million inhabitants to a mere 200,000 plagued by massive food shortages. Throughout the war, Mydans witnessed how millions of Koreans were uprooted from their homes by bombing, shelling, or fear, and recorded their attempts to flee to safety.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Korea: Seoul, Seoul
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.142
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 9 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 24.765 cm