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Oppenheim, Germany

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Image ID

1260262


Item data

Title

Oppenheim, Germany

Collection

Military
Post-World War II Activity
Troops stationed in Germany

Names

United States. Army (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1948

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military

Subjects

African Americans
African-American soldiers
Armed Forces -- United States
Germany
Bridges
Rhine River
Oppenheim (Germany)

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Caption on back: "A $2,000,000 floating bridge, snugly anchored and ready to accommodate a 50-ton tank was thrown across the Rhine River in less than 11 hours; Shown putting the finishing touches on the final assembly of a raft section on the Ponton Bridge are: Sergeant Cleveland Darden, 2192 East 39th Street, Cleveland, and Corporal Oliver Cookery, 1820 Religieres Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10-22-48."

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a55a71c0-c645-012f-3e32-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Oppenheim, Germany" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1948. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a55a71c0-c645-012f-3e32-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1948). Oppenheim, Germany Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a55a71c0-c645-012f-3e32-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Oppenheim, Germany" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a55a71c0-c645-012f-3e32-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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