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- Title
- An Activist Chilean Priest Speaks During Anti-Pinochet Protests
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Catholic priest speaks at a church in the La Victoria neighborhood during anti-Pinochet street demonstrations in Santiago, Chile, September 1985.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0035_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Aerial view of a Yanomami village with a shabono dwelling, Venezuela
- Date
- [1990-10-17/1990-10-20]
- Creator
- Gentile, Bill
- Description
- 10/17-20/90 BK673; 196.326; Venez: Yanomamo Tribe; B. Gentile/Newsweek
- Subject
- Dwellings; Indians of South America; Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs; Yanomamo Indians
- Country
- Venezuela
- Local Identifier
- SC_Gentile_1067
- Type
- color slides
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65875
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Akasaka: Inn with serving maids/ 赤坂旅舎招婦ノ図 (Akasaka, ryosha shofu no zu)
- Creator
- Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
- Description
- Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. The interior of an inn shows an inner courtyard and the rooms adjoining it. In the courtyard are a stone lantern and a tree growing to the height of the roof. In the room to the right, three geisha get ready in their toilette to entertain guests. On the left side, a guest reclines while the inn staff serves food. Further to the left, another guest is walking on the outer walkway, likely coming from a bath.
- Series
- The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
- Subject
- Taverns (Inns) -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
- Country
- Japan
- Local Identifier
- NE1325.A5_T65_0049
- Type
- woodcuts (prints)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100719
- Title
- Akasaka/ 赤坂
- Creator
- Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
- Description
- Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A bird's eye view of a nighttime street scene. Various travelers pass on the road in front of a story Inn. Female inn attendants try to bring guests inside. On the second floor of the inn, the various rooms have their doors open revealing small vignette scenes of the guests and staff inside.
- Series
- The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
- Subject
- Taverns (Inns) -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
- Country
- Japan
- Local Identifier
- NE1325.A5_T66_0038
- Type
- woodcuts (prints)
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100775
- Title
- Ali and His Goat, Kenema, Sierra Leone, c. 1967-1969
- Date
- 1967-1969
- Creator
- Fretz, Phil
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Photograph of a man named Ali, the cook of Peace Corps Volunteer Phil Fretz's neighbor, standing next to his goat in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
- Subject
- Sierra Leoneans -- Social life and customs
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Fretz_0007
- Type
- photographs
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Alternate view of the birthday girl (Rachel Teter's neighbor) standing near her quinceañera cake in El Plátano, Panama
- Date
- 2012-04-28
- Creator
- Teter, Rachel
- Publisher
- American University. Archives and Special Collections.
- Subject
- Quinceañera (Social custom) -- Panama
- Country
- Panama
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Teter_0147
- Type
- digital images
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:203
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Alternate view of three member band playing marimbula, maracas and guitar on an outdoor stage
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Striner, Herbert E.
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Subject
- Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs; Popular music -- Caribbean Area
- Local Identifier
- v2p50-20
- Type
- Slides (photographs)
- Physical Location
- American University Library
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96197
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon holds a drinking gourd to a Yanomami man's mouth as he drinks, Venezuela
- Date
- [1990-10-17/1990-10-20]
- Creator
- Gentile, Bill
- Description
- 10/17-20/90 BK673; 196.326; Venez: Yanomamo Tribe; B. Gentile/Newsweek
- Subject
- Anthropologists; Indians of South America; Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs; Yanomamo Indians
- Country
- Venezuela
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Chagnon, Napoleon A., 1938-
- Local Identifier
- SC_Gentile_1066
- Type
- color slides
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65874
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Demonstrations During Anniversary Of Coup D'État
- Date
- 1985-09-11
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman who had been detained by police cries out in anger during an anti-Pinochet demonstration in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1985. The protests mark the 12th anniversary of the violent military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0002_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Demonstrations During Anniversary Of Coup D'État
- Date
- 1985-09-11
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A woman who had been detained by police cries out in anger during an anti-Pinochet demonstration in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1985. The protests mark the 12th anniversary of the violent military coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0003_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Graffiti In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Two women walk past graffiti calling for the end of liberation theology and the expulsion of Father Pierre Dubois from Chile in the La Victoria neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Father Dubois was a priest who was part of La Vicaria de la Solidaridad, which was one of the first groups to document the forced disappearances and provide support to those who were persecuted by the repressive military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet who took power in a CIA-backed military coup d'état on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0036_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters in a residential neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0007_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A banner hangs signifying a week of solidarity during anti-Pinochet demonstrations on the Catholic University campus in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0015_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers holding tear gas canisters monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters near the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0050_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Protesters discuss their plans during anti-Pinochet clashes with police near the Catholic University campus in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0051_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A local press photographer shows his wounds after being hit by a rock during anti-government protests in a downtown neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0049_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A crowd of anti-government protesters throw stones at a police bus in the La Victoria neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0067_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Police officers monitor a crowd of anti-government protesters at the Catholic University neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0066_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Armored police vehicles approach a crowd of anti-government protesters in a poor neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0078_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Anti-Pinochet Protests In Santiago, Chile
- Date
- 1985-09-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A crowd of anti-government protesters set fire to a tire at a barricade in La Victoria neighborhood in Santiago, Chile, September 1985. Members of political opposition groups are protesting the repressive tactics of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet since Pinochet took power in a military coup d'état twelve years earlier on September 11, 1973.
- Subject
- Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- chile_ct_0079_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg