Margaret Bourke-White, An old Sikh man carrying his wife on their way to India, 1947.
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A Muslim man carrying his hookah in one hand while balancing a pole holding his 5 year old old son in a convoy to West Punjab after the division of India. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. India, 1947.
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Convoy of Sikhs migrating to East Punjab after the division of India. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. India, 1947.
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Bushman tribe moving to another part of the territory because food is becoming scarce. Photograph by Nat Farbman. Botswana, 1947.
Drought refugees from Abilene, Texas, working as migratory workers. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. California, August 1936.
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