Photo, Print, Drawing Pfc. Frank Huff (left), of Washington, Va., said to be one of the first four Americans to make contact with the Russians at Torgau, 58 miles southwest of Berlin, April 25, shakes hands with a Russian soldier to symbolize the meeting of the two armies at the Elbe River, before a poster depicting the event / photo by William C. Allen, Associated Press photographer, with the wartime still picture pool.
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Title
- Pfc. Frank Huff (left), of Washington, Va., said to be one of the first four Americans to make contact with the Russians at Torgau, 58 miles southwest of Berlin, April 25, shakes hands with a Russian soldier to symbolize the meeting of the two armies at the Elbe River, before a poster depicting the event / photo by William C. Allen, Associated Press photographer, with the wartime still picture pool.
Names
- Allen, William C., photographer
Created / Published
- 1945.
Headings
- - Soldiers--Germany--Torgau--1940-1950
- - Fraternization--Germany--Torgau--1940-1950
- - Billboards--Germany--Torgau--1940-1950
- - World War, 1939-1945,--Military personnel--Germany--Torgau
- - World War, 1939-1945,--Armistices--Germany--Torgau
Headings
- Photographic prints--1940-1950.
- Publicity photographs--1940-1950.
- Radio photographs--1940-1950.
Genre
- Radio photographs--1940-1950
- Publicity photographs--1940-1950
- Photographic prints--1940-1950
Notes
- - Associated Press Radiophoto.
- - No. 17369 C.
- - Title from news agency caption on item.
- - Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Medium
- 1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location
- NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG--War--European II--Battles--Germany--Russia & United States Troops Meet [item] [P&P]
Source Collection
- New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
- ppmsca 09146 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09146
- ds 03494 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.003494
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2005689612
Reproduction Number
- LC-DIG-ppmsca-09146 (digital file from original photograph) LC-DIG-ds-03494 (digital file from original photograph)
Rights Advisory
- Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram & ...," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html
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