United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Helps Fight Locusts, Sardinia
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Associated Press
American
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Helps Fight Locusts, Sardinia
Villagers fought the plague before the locusts were able to fly during a stage when they are not very destructive because they do not eat much.
ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.2 x 21.3 cm
Overall: 18 x 22.8 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2008.0025.0005
Inscriptions Recto: (typed applied label): 13198-D/ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK/ CAUTION: USE CREDIT/ (EDS:THIS IS ONE OF A SET OF PICTURES)/ UNRRA HELPS FIGHT LOCUSTS/ ANTI-LOCUST GAS IS SPRAYED/ FROM AN UNRRA TRUCK OVER AN INFESTED AREA/ IN SARDINIA. VILLAGERS FOUGHT THE PLAGUE BEFORE/ THE LOCUSTS WERE ABLE TO FLY DURING A STAGE WHEN/ THEY ARE NOT VERY DESTRUCTIVE BECAUSE THEY DO/ NOT EAT MUCH./ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO/ PJM- 5/26/46- 1145A-ROME 131/ WA-NY MAT S-T IME INC-PA Verso: (rubberstamp): NOTICE/ This picture is the property of the Associated/ Press and may be used only for the purposes of/ reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may/ not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for/ advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade./ The following credit must be printed under/ each reproduction of this picture:/ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
