A peasant woman picks here way, her child in her arms, across a pile of rubble here in the wake of a disastrous earthquake. The woman had just found her child, who had been buried for hours in the ruins of their home. The Turkish government said 8/21 that the total death toll in the quake may exceed three thousand.

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A peasant woman picks here way, her child in her arms, across a pile of rubble here in the wake of a disastrous earthquake. The woman had just found her child, who had been buried for hours in the ruins of their home. The Turkish government said 8/21 that the total death toll in the quake may exceed three thousand.

United Press International · [ca. August 1966]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc

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