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Berlin story 130 photographs telling the story of the blockade and the United States-British airlift from June to December 1948 : from an exhibition presented in The New York Public Library, May, 1949, by the New York Times, in cooperation with the United States Department of State.

Title
  1. Berlin story [graphic] : 130 photographs telling the story of the blockade and the United States-British airlift from June to December 1948 : from an exhibition presented in The New York Public Library, May, 1949, by the New York Times, in cooperation with the United States Department of State.
Published by
  1. 1948-1949.
Author
  1. Ries, Henry, 1917-2004.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.

FormatPictureAccessBy appointment onlyCall numberMFZ (Ries) 96-4285Item locationSchwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308

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Additional authors
  1. New York Times Company.
  2. United States. Department of State.
Description
  1. 130 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 11 x 14 in.
Summary
  1. Scenes from the airlift, daily life in Berlin during the blockade, and political and military activity related to the local and international situation.
  2. Includes portraits and other images of American, British, French and Soviet military officers and other military and civilian personnel, including Lucius D. Clay and Brian Robertson (American and British military goverors), Frank L. Howley and Jean Ganeval (commanders of the American and French sectors) and V.D. Sokolovskiĭ (commander of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany)
  3. Includes images showing the founding of the Free University; rallies and demonstrations against the blockade, one being addressed by West Berlin Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter; portrait of Acting Mayor Louise Schroeder; demonstrations by Communists and their allies; election campaign activities, including officials and activities of the Socialist Unity Party (East Berlin Lord Mayor Friedrich Ebert, Socialist Unity party leaders Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl and others), the Social Democratic party and the Christian Democratic Union party, and people waiting to vote, voting, and ballots being collected.
Subject
  1. Clay, Lucius D. 1897-1978
  2. Ebert, Friedrich, 1894-1979
  3. Ganeval, Jean, 1894-1981
  4. Grotewohl, Otto, 1894-
  5. Halvorsen, Gail S
  6. Howley, Frank L
  7. Pieck, Wilhelm, 1876-1960
  8. Reuter, Ernst, 1889-1953
  9. Robertson, Brian, Sir, 1896-1974
  10. Schroeder, Louise, 1887-1957
  11. Sokolovskiĭ, Vasiliĭ Danilovich, 1897-
  12. Altes Museum (Berlin, Germany)
  13. Berliner Dom
  14. Flughafen Berlin-Tegel
  15. Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof
  16. Freie Universität Berlin
  17. Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany)
  18. Reichstagsgebäude (Berlin, Germany)
  19. Stadtschloss (Berlin, Germany)
  20. Ansamblʹ pesni i pl︠i︡aski Sovetskoĭ Armii
  21. Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Germany : West). Landesverband Berlin
  22. Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. Landesverband Berlin
  23. Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
  24. Aircraft > American > Germany > Berlin
  25. Aircraft > British > Germany > Berlin
  26. Airports > Germany > Berlin
  27. Blockades > Russian > Germany > Berlin
  28. Blockade running > Germany > Berlin
  29. Bread & soup lines > Germany > Berlin
  30. Children playing outdoors > Germany > Berlin
  31. City & town life > Germany > Berlin
  32. Cold War > Germany > Berlin
  33. Columns > Germany > Berlin
  34. Demonstrations > Germany > Berlin
  35. Flight crews > American > Germany > Berlin
  36. Food relief > Germany > Berlin
  37. Fuelwood gathering > Germany > Berlin
  38. Military bands > Russian
  39. Military personnel > American > Germany > Berlin
  40. Military personnel > British > Germany > Berlin
  41. Military personnel > French > Germany > Berlin
  42. Military personnel > Russian > Germany > Berlin
  43. Plowing > Germany > Berlin
  44. Political elections > Germany > Berlin
  45. Political parades & rallies > Germany > Berlin
  46. Voting > Germany > Berlin
  47. War damage > Germany > Berlin
  48. World War, 1939-1945 > Monuments > Germany > Berlin
  49. Brandenburger Tor (Berlin, Germany)
  50. Berlin (Germany) > History > Blockade, 1948-1949
  51. Berlin (Germany) > Administrative and political divisions
  52. Platz der Akademie (Berlin, Germany)
  53. Potsdamer Platz (Berlin, Germany)
  54. Unter den Linden (Berlin, Germany)
Genre/Form
  1. Cityscapes.
  2. Portraits.
  3. Photographic prints.
  4. Silver gelatin prints.
Call number
  1. MFZ (Ries) 96-4285
Note
  1. Accompanied by: Typescript press release from The New York Public Library, Anna L. Glantz, administrative assistant. Dated Apr. 20, 1949, for release May 2, 1949. [2] leaves ; 35 cm. On the exhibition and a companion exhibition, "American books in post-war Germany."
  2. Title supplied from content of press release.
  3. Numbered on verso in red pencil: 1-21, 23-125, 126A, 128-132.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Author
  1. Ries, Henry, 1917-2004. Photographer
Title
  1. Berlin story [graphic] : 130 photographs telling the story of the blockade and the United States-British airlift from June to December 1948 : from an exhibition presented in The New York Public Library, May, 1949, by the New York Times, in cooperation with the United States Department of State.
Imprint
  1. 1948-1949.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. New York Times Company.
  2. United States. Department of State.
Research call number
  1. MFZ (Ries) 96-4285
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