Original 1947 AP Wire Photo depicting victims of the violence surrounding the Partition of India. The original AP caption identifies the scene as bodies of Sikh victims awaiting burial in a common grave in the village of Naru Nangal, Pakistan, near Hoshiarpur, following sectarian violence during the partition of India into the dominions of India and Pakistan. This photograph comes from the archive of a newspaper in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Mounted on black paper as found. Overall size is approximately 7⅞ x 8¼ inches. Shows handling wear, mounting remnants, and age-related toning consistent with newspaper archive use. Please see photos.
