Gujarat. Baroda (Vadodara). 1948. On the 39th birthday of the maharajah of Baroda, sugar-balls are distributed to the poor.
Photograph
1948 (made)
1948 (made)
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Black and white photograph depicting groups of people at the side of a vehicle, receiving a ball of sugar. One man has his hands stretching through the crowd whilst an older man at the front holds out a piece of fabric to receive the food.
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| Materials and Techniques | Black and white photograph |
| Brief Description | Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting groups of poverty-stricken people receiving a sugar ball on the birthday of the maharajah in Gujarat. India, 1948. |
| Physical Description | Black and white photograph depicting groups of people at the side of a vehicle, receiving a ball of sugar. One man has his hands stretching through the crowd whilst an older man at the front holds out a piece of fabric to receive the food. |
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| Accession Number | PH.753-1978 |
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| record created | June 30, 2009 |
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