Original 1947 Associated Press Wire Photo titled "Family Leaves Blasted Home," showing a family and their goat walking through the ruins of riot-torn Amritsar during the Partition of India. The attached AP caption identifies the scene as taking place approximately 35 miles from Lahore, then the capital of the newly created Dominion of Pakistan. The photograph documents the destruction, displacement, and refugee crisis that accompanied the violent partition of British India in 1947. A powerful historical image depicting civilian life amid one of the largest mass migrations of the twentieth century. This image came from a Pittsburgh-area newspaper archive and is mounted on black paper. Measures approximately 7" x 9". Shows expected age-related wear, toning, handling marks, and newsroom use. Please see photos.
