Grief stricken, three elderly residents of what was once Varto, wander amid the ruins of their home here 8/20, after the town, in the Anatolia region of Turkey, had been completely demolished by earthquakes. Some 2,000 people lost their lives and many others are wounded or missing as a result of the earthquakes.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Grief stricken, three elderly residents of what was once Varto, wander amid the ruins of their home here 8/20, after the town, in the Anatolia region of Turkey, had been completely demolished by earthquakes. Some 2,000 people lost their lives and many others are wounded or missing as a result of the earthquakes.

United Press International · [ca. August 1966]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc

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