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Pyonyang residents and refugees crawl over girders of the city’s bridge, fleeing to escape Chinese Communists

1950
20th century
279 x 356 mm (11 x 14 in.)

Max Desfor, American

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print

Edition: Photograph taken 4 December 1950; printed from the original negative

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Purchased by the donor from the Associated Press

Bibliography: Image published in The Associated Press, The Instant It Happened (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976), pp. 104–105; see donor file for A.P. commentary.

Credit Line: Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991

Accession Number: 1991.30.74.7

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bridges (built works)*, journalism*, Korean Peninsula*, news photographs, photojournalism, politics, refugees*

bridges (built works) - Structures spanning and providing passage over waterways, topographic depressions, transportation routes, or similar circulation barriers. [September 1994 scope note added; related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'bridges'; alternate term changed, was 'bridge'.]
journalism - Use for the communications field concerned with the collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary through the mass media, both print and electronic. [May 1996 related terms added; scope note added. February 1991 alternate term added.]
Korean Peninsula - TGN 7002208
news photographs
photojournalism
politics
refugees - Related Term

Location Latitude: American, Longitude: D'Oench

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sheet Dimensions: 279 x 356 mm (11 x 14 in.)

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Max Desfor, American . Pyonyang residents and refugees crawl over girders of the city’s bridge, fleeing to escape Chinese Communists, 1950. Gelatin silver print. sheet : 279 x 356 mm (11 x 14 in.). DAC accession number 1991.30.74.7. Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991.

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