Sawada, Kyachi

Typed caption pasted on verso: "Saigon: It's bad luck to wear old clothes during Tet - the start of the new lunar year. So young and old are busy purchasing new frocks one week before the big annual holiday. At the Saigon Market, where vendors spread their wares on the ground, one little girl is fitted for a new dress while her sister waits topless for her turn."

An artificial collection consisting of ephemera relating to the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.

Ace of Spades death card; Allied safe-conduct pass; single issues of newsletters and a newspaper; printed flyers; photograph featuring women and children at a Saigon market dressing for New Year's; preliminary prospectus for common stock; and a speech of US Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut, 89th Congress, 1st session) appearing in a copy of the Congressional Record.