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Supplies Unloaded as Danzig Got Ready for War

Danzig (Gdánsk)


Date
1939, September 4
Location
Danzig (Gdánsk)
Country
Poland
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
21,5 (22,9) x 17 (18) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: PLA 519859
Supplies Unloaded as Danzig Got Ready for War
Danzig -- German workers unloading supplies from ships in the harbor at Danzig as last minute preparations for war were made in this starting place for the war. According to reports first shot of the war was fired by the German ship Schleswig-Holstein in the harbor of Danzig.
Credit Line (ACME) BU #1A 9-4-39 (JO)

Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; Ref. Dept., 2-16-40, N. E. A.
Handwritten: A762