Picture of a Blitzed German Town
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Picture of a Blitzed German Town

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Picture of a Blitzed German Town

February 20, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.5 x 20.9 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Paper: 18.5 x 22.9 cm (7 5/16 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0356.0004
Inscriptions verso (typed on attached sheet): 20855 C / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / PICTURE OF A BLITZED GERMAN TOWN / THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE GERMAN TOWN OF / KLEVE, ENEMY STRONGHOLD IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR / OF THE WESTERN FRONT, AFTER IT HAD BEEN BLITZED / BY ALLIED BOMBERS AND WRESTED FROM THE ENEMY'S / HANDS. THIS IS A BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / MD-2-20-45 LON-BOP-PL 64 / AB LIST GD NYWS12 MONITOR TNC PA MEX BAIRE / AUS JOH TRIN
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