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BD 239 images Created 18 Jul 2021

BD - Bangladesh - 1977
Description: Life in and around a refugee camp in Dhaka Bangladesh 1977
Details: Photos captured in Bangladesh from 1977 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Feroz, A college student in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A homeless village girl from Bangladesh pumps water from the only well for hundreds of families living Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka in 1977.  Her mother had been left destitute, and widowed and homeless by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.
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  • Aid worker Meredith Wiltsie discusses a self-help project at Mirpur Destitute Camp, a living space for Bengali people displaced by a typhoon and brutal war of independence.
    BD 0105.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0107.jpg
  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
    BD 0109.jpg
  • A civil war refugee in Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0110.jpg
  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
    BD 0111.jpg
  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
    BD 0112.jpg
  • Amina Khatum, once a middle class woman with servants, was widowed and cast onto the street by the country's brutal War of Independence in 1971. Although still living in a refugee camp six years later, family and friends still gave her reasons to smile.
    BD 0113.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0114.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0115.jpg
  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
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  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
    BD 0118.jpg
  • Homeless village people from Bangladesh smoke a homemade hookah at  Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh.  1977. They were left destitute by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.   1977 image.
    BD 0119.jpg
  • The staff at Food for the Hungry a relief organization overseeing Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homless.  1977 image.
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  • A homeless village women from Bangladesh, finds shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka  in 1977.  She was left widowed, destitute and raped after both a a cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.
    BD 0204.jpg
  • A homeless village boy finds shelter at Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.  His mother had been left both widowed and destitute after both a cyclone and subsequent war of indepence in 1971.
    BD 0208.jpg
  • Homeless and malnourished village children from Bangladesh find a moment to smile at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh. in 1977.  Their mother had been left widowed, violated and destitute after both a cyclone and subsequent war of indepence in 1971.
    BD 0209.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0211.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
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  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0214.jpg
  • Homeless village women from Bangladesh, left widowed, destitute or raped after a cyclone and brutal war of independence in 1971,  find shelter at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka , 1977 Image.
    BD 0215.jpg
  • In Bangladesh's brutal 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of women were widowed, left homeless and destitute including this pair of once-middle class woman who six years later still lived at Mirupur Destitute Camp near Dhaka.  1977
    BD 0216.jpg
  • A young civil war refugee at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • A team of relief workers  stand outside the office of Food for the Hungry in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • An aid worker leads a family planning discussion at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
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  • An aid worker leads a family planning discussion at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
    BD 0302.jpg
  • A homeless village girl from Bangladesh pumps water from the only well for hundreds of families living Mirpur Destitute Ramp near Dhaka in 1977.  Her mother had been left destitute, and widowed and homeless by a back to back cyclone and  brutal war of independence in 1971.
    BD 0304.jpg
  • An aid worker prepare to distribute food at Mirpur Destitute Camp, set up at an abndoned soap factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh,  after a cyclone & bloody war of independence left millions of peole homeless.  1977 image.
    BD 0305.jpg
  • Civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • BANGLADESH, Dhaka. Impoverished Bengali mother waits for relief food ration at Mirpur destitute camp.
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  • Piu, a benglai college student volunteers to serve milk to children of civil war refugees at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Civil war refugee children wait for milk from an NGO at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Homeless village children from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  Most of their mothers had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence
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  • Children of war refugees admire a community garden at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Children of civil war refugees admire a community garden at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0315.jpg
  • Children of war refugees wait for a food distribution at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0316.jpg
  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0317.jpg
  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0318.jpg
  • A homeless village woman from Bangladesh line up for a ration of milk and survival biscuits at  Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  She had been had left destitute, widowed and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and  brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0319.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Upper class college students settle up with a rickshaw driver in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Laborers move a cow with a cart in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • An ox cart carries logs in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
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  • Villagers use a cart to take home a cow they bought at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
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  • Motor scooters line up at an outdoor bazaar in  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0411.jpg
  • Men push a cart topheavy with oil drums in  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0412.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0414.jpg
  • Human-powered transport vies with trucks and buses  in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0416.jpg
  • An ox cart carryin lumber trots down a street in  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0417.jpg
  • Pedicab peddlers wait for a fare on the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0419.jpg
  • Men wait for a train in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977,
    BD 0420.jpg
  • Boats ply delta waters of the Brahmaputra River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
    BD 0501.jpg
  • Boats ply delta waters of the Brahmaputra River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
    BD 0504.jpg
  • A sailboat carries cargo up a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0505.jpg
  • Boats ply delta waters of the Brahmaputra River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
    BD 0506.jpg
  • A sailboat carries cargo up a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0507.jpg
  • Young ferrymen paddle passengers in crowded boats across a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A cargo boat plies delta waters of the Brahmaputra River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
    BD 0510.jpg
  • A cargo boat plies delta waters of the Brahmaputra River near Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
    BD 0511.jpg
  • Young ferrymen paddle passengers in crowded boats across a river near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0512.jpg
  • Pedicab peddlers wait for a fare on the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0517.jpg
  • Human-powered transport is everywhere in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0518.jpg
  • Young men leads goats through other human-powered traffic in the streets of  Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1977.
    BD 0519.jpg
  • A blacksmith waits by his bed of coals his outdoor stall near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0603.jpg
  • A sidewalk vendor sells cloth in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0604.jpg
  • Root crops fill baskets in a bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0605.jpg
  • A street vendor hawks his fruits and lentils at his sidewalk display in Dhaka Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0606.jpg
  • A butcher cuts up a a steer at his outdoor stall near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0607.jpg
  • A youngster vends his fruits and vegetbles in a bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A man vends fruits and vegetbles in a bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Dhaka, Bangladesh 1977
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  • Back street bazar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Back street bazar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0617.jpg
  • A boy sells nuts to passersby on a street in  Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A youngster vends his nuts and snacks along a road  in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0619.jpg
  • A street vendor hawks his spinach at his sidewalk display in Dhaka Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0620.jpg
  • A blacksmithand his sons wait for the next customer at  his outdoor stall near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0702.jpg
  • A worker makes bamboo mats near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0703.jpg
  • A vendor and his son relax in a stall in the bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0706.jpg
  • Men saw boards from a log at a lumber mill near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0710.jpg
  • Men push a cart loaded with bamboo up a road in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0715.jpg
  • A man pushes a cart loaded with bamboo up a road in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    BD 0717.jpg
  • A laborer pushes a cart full of bamboo in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
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  • A laborer pushes a cart full of bamboo in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977
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  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0804.jpg
  • A woman weaves a bamboo fence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977
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  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0807.jpg
  • Homeless village woman from Bangladesh make bamboo lath for a duck pond at Mirpur Destitute Camp near Dhaka, 1977.  They had been had left destitute and violated  by  back-to -back cyclone and a  brutal 1971 war of independence
    BD 0808.jpg
  • Laborers break rocks into gravel for road constructin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
    BD 0810.jpg
  • Laborers break rocks into gravel for road constructin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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  • Laborers break rocks into gravel for road constructin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1977.
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