Object number:
H98.1.688
Object name:
photograph
Maker:
Tom Flynn
Date made:
June 1, 1966
Material / Technique:
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
H: 7.75 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Photo shows a pedicab with its driver standing behind it parked on a street. The driver is smoking a cigarette and wearing a pith helmet, long button-up shirt and shorts. In the background is a clothesline drapped with clothes tied to a tree. Tribune caption on the back, Jun 1, 1966, "Pedicab operator Nguyen Van Xuan in the Saigon Streets, 'The odds now stand at 50-50 that you'll reach your destination'." Original Tribune envelope, "South Vietnam- 2
Concepts:
Vietnam War; clothesline; pedicab driver; pedicab; Vietnamese
Places:
South Vietnam
Persons:
Nguyen Van Xuan
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