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Retreating Poles Blow Up Railway Station
Danzig (Gdánsk)
- Date
- 1939, September 15
- Location
- Danzig (Gdánsk)
- Country
- Poland
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper
- Size
- 14,5 (18) x 21,1 (22,9) cm
- Artist
- ACME · Unidentified Photographer
Description
verso labeled in typeset: PLA 521297
Retreating Poles Blow Up Railway Station
Danzig--Wreckage of the railway station near Danzig, after it was allegedly blown up by retreating Polish forces. This picture passed through British and Polish censorship and flown to New York by trans-Atlantic plane.
Credit Line (ACME) 9-15-39 (CT) FULL
Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; Ref. Dept.
9-19-39 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A762