Export Boom to U.S.

Export Boom to U.S.

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Export Boom to U.S.

Made in Japan


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/8 × 9 3/16 in. (15.6 × 23.3 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0182
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Made in Japan) 2/62 22) EXPORT BOOM TO U.S. and Europe causes \ traffic jam in Yokohama Harbor as ships wait to be \ loaded. Japan now exports at the rate of $4 billion \ per year, four times the highest pre-war level. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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