Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag
HURN, David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Full title: Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 57497
Creation/Production
HURN, David
Date: 1966
Acquisition
Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017
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Techniques
gelatin silver print
Material
Photographic paper
Location
Gallery 15
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