Salvage Operation

Salvage Operation

Photograph

Horst Faas

Maker
German, 1933–2012

Salvage Operation

1973
Gelatin silver print with applied paint, ink, and graphite
Image: 7 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (18.2 × 21.2 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
2025.0010.0039
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on recto, TC: 100
Inscribed in red crayon and pencil in image, C: D [circled] 7" WIDE LARK CART
Printed left of image: ADVANCE FOR SUN. AMS MARCH 25, WITH STORY BY HORST FAAS \ (NY20-March 21)--SALVAGE OPERATION--Two North Vietnamese workers cart \ off bricks salvaged from Bach Mi hospital which was \ destroyed by U.S. air raids in December, 1972. Lack of tools and machinery \ means back-breaking labor for the Hanoi worker. "We still have to make \ use of all resources we have, manual work, old machinery from the French \ days and new machinery," one official said. (AP Wirephoto) (LL41445faas) '73
Inscribed on verso, BLC: HF-VNM-263
Stamped in black on verso, C: APR 1 1973
Printed in news clipping adhered to verso, C: Two workers carting off a load of bricks
Typed in black on verso, R: VIETNAM--NORTH (BOMB RUBBLE)

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