1962 Press Photo Crowd are held back by police across the street from the church

During funeral services for Rafael Trujillo June 2, 1961, crowds are held back by police across the street from the church at San Cristobal, Santo Domingo. While hundreds of thousands rejoiced at the end of the 31-year dictatorship, there were some thousands who wept. Some saw only good in the man who ruled by increasing terror and murders estimated at upward of 3,000

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 9 x 7 inches.