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Chancay - Peru garbage on the shores of fishing town
Chancay - Peru garbage on the shores of fishing town

Chancay - Peru garbage on the shores of fishing town

Date4/28/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chancay - Peru garbage on the shores of fishing town. Seafood industry shut down because of spread of cholera. The place smells of rotting sewage.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117991F
(Pedro Santos & daughter Monica Rocio 1 year) Hospital Chancay, Peru
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Peru - garbage dump along the banks of Riu Rimac, the river running through Lima
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Cholera Peru - Along the banks of the Riu Rimac, which runs through Lima, a woman sifts through the garbage
4/28/1991
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