Photograph shows a poor, widowed Armenian woman and her children, Makarid (on her back) and Nuvart (standing next to her). In 1899, after the murder of her husband in the aftermath of the Armenian Massacres of 1894-1896, the family walked from their home in the Geghi region to Kharpert (Harput), eastern Anatolia (Turkey) seeking help from missionaries. Photograph was published in Helping Hands Series Magazine (Armenian Relief Committee) in December 1900 and an image of Nuvart wearing the same clothes appears in the December 1899 issue of the same publication. (Source: http: http://www.groong.com/orig/ak-20100907.html)

TITLE: Armenians

CALL NUMBER: LC-B2- 4626-3[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ggbain-27081 (digital file from original negative)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1899

CREATOR:

Bain News Service, publisher.

NOTES:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

General information about the Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Temp. note: Batch six loaded.

FORMAT:

Glass negatives.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) ggbain 27081 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.27081