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Young men posing with welcome banner and KIM flag – Historic Print

Young men posing with welcome banner and KIM flag — historic image
Young men posing with welcome banner and KIM flag. Historic image from the Libraries collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Young men posing with welcome banner and KIM flag, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Young men posing with welcome banner and KIM flag

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Young men pose together under a welcome banner, with a flag bearing the name KIM hanging behind them, a detail that ties the scene to the Kim family, the ruling dynasty of North Korea. Banners and flags like these were common at official gatherings, and posed group portraits of this kind often recorded hospitality as well as loyalty to the state. The picture does not record its exact date or location, so it is best read as an example of how such displays were staged, with attention to the poses and the arrangement of the flag and banner.

Original scan9,806 × 7,647 px · prints to 33 × 25 in at 300 dpi
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