ASSOCIATED PRESS RADIOPHOTO. FROM NEW YORK. DPS BOARD "SHIP OF FREEDOM." STHE FIRST DISPLACED PERSONS TO BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL ACT, BEGIN TO FILE ABOARD THE U.S. ARMY GRANSPORT GENERAL BLACK AT BREMER-HAVEN, GERMANY, OCT. 21. THE DP'S COMING TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP REPRESENT 11 NATIONS AND NUMBER 83 PERSONS. SPEECHES BY MILITARY AND CIVIC PERSONAGES AND A CONCERT BY AN ARMY BAND MARKED THE SAILING OF THE "SHIP OF FREEDOM." PHOTO RADIOED FROM LONDON, RECEIVED IN NEW YORIK OCT. 22

Published by Associated Press, New York, 1948

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Photograph, 6-7/8" x 9." Accompanied by Associated Press typed description. "Caution: Use Credit." Very Good. The photo depicts weary passengers, displaced persons from wartorn Europe, entering the "SHIP TO FREEDOM!".

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ASSOCIATED PRESS RADIOPHOTO. FROM NEW YORK. DPS BOARD "SHIP OF FREEDOM." STHE FIRST DISPLACED PERSONS TO BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL ACT, BEGIN TO FILE ABOARD THE U.S. ARMY GRANSPORT GENERAL BLACK AT BREMER-HAVEN, GERMANY, OCT. 21. THE DP'S COMING TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP REPRESENT 11 NATIONS AND NUMBER 83 PERSONS. SPEECHES BY MILITARY AND CIVIC PERSONAGES AND A CONCERT BY AN ARMY BAND MARKED THE SAILING OF THE "SHIP OF FREEDOM." PHOTO RADIOED FROM LONDON, RECEIVED IN NEW YORIK OCT. 22
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[Displaced Persons]
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Associated Press, New York
Publication year
1948
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