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The Shovel Brigade Nazi Congress

Nuremberg


Date
1934, September 14
Location
Nuremberg
Country
Germany
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
15,9 (17,9) x 21,2 (22,8) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

A detachment of storm troopers carrying shovels on their shoulders as they marched through the streets of Nuremberg to the Nazi Congress. A feature of the Congress was the soldierly evolutions with spades performed by 50,000 members of the German Labor Corps.Credit line (ACME)  9/14/34Stamp: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; Ref. Dept. Sep 20 1934 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A 3232