Hitler's House
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Hitler's House

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Photograph

Hitler's House

May 14, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 15 x 15.4 cm (5 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Paper: 21.6 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0356.0018
Inscriptions verso (stamped): [image of eagle with the following text] INTERNATIONAL / NEWS PHOTO / [image of scroll with the following text] INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / A UNIT OF KING FEATU[illeg.] / 23 EAST 45TH STREET, [illeg.] / SYNDICATING PROHIBITED / THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT SOLD OUT A LICENSE / S [?] GRANTED FOR ITS PUBLICATION AS A NEWS / PHOTOGRAPH ONLY. IT MUST NOT BE LOANED OR SOLD / WITHOUT OUR CONSENT AND MUST BE RETURNED AT OUR / REQUEST. IT CAN BE USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES OR FOR PURPOSES OF TRADE ONLY IF YOU FIRST SECURE THE / WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPERING [?]
(typed in purple on attached sheet): LF1017411. WATCH YOUR CREDIT. INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG(HITLER'S HOUSE) / WHERE HITLER RELAXED ON MOUNTAIN TOP- / GERMANY......A GI LOOKS FROM ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE / GREAT PICTURE WINDOW THAT LOOKED OUT OVER THE / BAVARIAN ALPS FROM ADOLF HITLER'S MOUNTAIN HIDEOUT / AT BERCHTESGADEN. THIS IS THE LIVING ROOM. THE CHALET / WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE RAID, MADE A SHORT TIME BEFORE GERMANY CRUMPLED. / W-5-14-45
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