Fire sweeps Taejon
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Fire sweeps Taejon

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Fire sweeps Taejon

July 29, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 21.1 x 17.3 cm (8 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Overall: 22.9 x 18.2 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): 12025 D / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / FIRE SWEEPS TAEJON / THIS PICTURE, MADE BY WALTER SULLIVAN, / NEW YORK TIMES CORRESPONDENT, SHOWS FLAMES / (LEFT) RISING FROM THE VICINITY OF A SERVICE / COMPANY COMPOUND AT TAEJON. SMOKE RISING / AT RIGHT IS NEAR THE RAILROAD STATION FROM / WHICH A TRAIN GOT AWAY AN HOUR LATER THROUGH A HAIL OF BULLETS. / ROC 105A 7/29/50 NYTMS / ABC LIST NYWS8 (NYC MAGS OUT) MON PR MEX / LON ROME PAR BER FKFT FOR / 72

(pencil): WAR [crossed out]

(ink): Korean war

verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / 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 NEWSPHOTO
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