Oppenheim, Germany
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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
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
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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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