Italy at the crossroads -- 2
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Italy at the crossroads -- 2
March 31, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.2 x 21.6 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Overall: 18 x 22.8 cm (7 1/16 x 9 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0357.0012
Inscriptions recto (typed on attached paper): ROM 866027 NEW YORK BUREAU / ITALY AT THE CROSS ROADS -- 2 / VATICAN CITY: JAMMING EVERY INCH OF SPACE IN VAST ST. PETER'S SQUARE, A THRONG OF 200,000 HEARS POPE PIUS XII DELIVER HIS EASTER SUNDAY / MESSAGE. DECLARING THAT ITALY AND THE WORLD / ARE AT "A CROSSROADS" BETWEEN CHRIST AND ANTI- / CHRIST, THE POPE WARNED THAT A MAN CANNOT / SERVE TWO MASTERS AND MUST, THEREFORE, CHOOSE / BETWEEN CHRIST AND COMMUNISM. A COMMUNIST / MEETING, ADDRESSED BY PALMIRO TOGLIATTI AND / HELD ON THE SAME DAY IN ROME, DREW ONLY 40,000 / ROMANS. SEE ACME PHOTO # ROM 866026. / NY-1-2-3-4 CAN BOG MGS / CREDIT LINE (ACME PHOTO BY ALBERT BLASETTI, / STAFF CORRESPONDENT) 3/31/48 (RK)
verso (stamped): ACME NEWSPICTURES / Division of NEA Service, Inc. / [illeg.]61 8th AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY / Please Credit "Acme Photo" / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED / SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ACME. / BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE / TO HOLD ACME HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS OR / DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR USE OR / PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE
verso (stamped): ACME NEWSPICTURES / Division of NEA Service, Inc. / [illeg.]61 8th AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY / Please Credit "Acme Photo" / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED / SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM ACME. / BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE / TO HOLD ACME HARMLESS FROM ANY LOSS OR / DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR USE OR / PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE
