Human Chain Stops Breaks

Human Chain Stops Breaks

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Human Chain Stops Breaks

May 31, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 × 8 3/8 in. (12.7 × 21.2 cm)
Paper: 7 1/16 × 9 in. (18 × 22.8 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
Inscriptions printed in black ink on applied label affixed to verso, BC: B(?)/226 A \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / FROM NEW YORK \ CAUTION: USE CREDIT \ HUMAN CHAIN STOPS BREAK \ A HUMAN CHAIN WORKS FEVERISHLY \ TO STOP A SMALL BREAK IN THE LEVEE \ ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT FILOMA, \ ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF PORTLAND, ORE., \ MAY 31. \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO \ TDIL 6/3/48 1029A PD OREG / 26 \ EAST ABC LIST TMC PA LON
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