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Pas de Deux

Rome


Date
1939, February 25
Location
Rome
Country
Italy
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
15,2 (18) x 21,5 (22,8) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: VE 407194
Pas de deux
Present coordination of the Rome-Berlin chorus is graphically illustrated in this picture of a couple of Italian sentries doing the "Passo Romano in front of Il Duce's Venezia Palace in Rome. The uniformed doorman, a civilian, doesn't seem duly impressed.
Credit line (Acme)
ACME Foto service for release Sunday, Feb. 26, or Saturday, Feb. 25, to papers not having Sunday editions.

Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; Ref. Dept. 2-10 '39 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A 219