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Title	Henan province (China), refugees on train engine fleeing famine near Luoyang
Caption	Print 1531 c1: Trains carrying refugees from the famine in Honan [Henan] are literally encrusted with humanity. From cowcatcher to the last of a long line of cars they huddled together, jammed between cars, lined the catwalk of the engine... Print 1531 c2: China-Soviet rails now shortening distance between Moscow and Peiping (Peking) [Beijing]. Rolling stock, which is still in very short supply, is heavily burdened with both goods and passengers because of primitive and limited alternatives to rail transportation over vast distances. Lunghai Railroad. Near Loyang [Luoyang], Honan [Henan] 1943
Part of Set	Harrison Forman Collection - China
Date of Photograph	ca. 1943
Photographer's Note	Famine. China-Soviet rails now shortening distance between Moscow and Peiking (Peking) [Beijing]. Rolling stock, which is still in very short supply, is heavily burdened with both goods and passengers because of primitive and limited alternatives to rail transportation over vast distances. Near Loyang, Honan [Henan] 1943.
Photographer	Forman, Harrison, 1904-1978
Subject TGM	Famines People Refugees Railroads Disasters Disaster victims Evacuations
Continent	Asia
Nation/Country	China
State/Province	Henan (province)
Type	Image
Original Collection	Harrison Forman Collection
Original Item Size	35 mm
Original Item Medium	Black-and-white negatives Cellulose nitrate film
Original Item Location	Forman Nitrate Negatives, Box 2
Derivative Format	Photographic print located in Harrison Forman Collection Print 1531 c1 and c2, Box L11
Provenance	Gift of Sandra Carlyle Forman, 1987
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital ID	fr201080
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle East
Digital Format	Image/jpg
Project Name	NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
Part of	American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive

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