Subject:

Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Place:

Bavaria, Germany

Date:

1945

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm.

Summary:

Shows soldiers ushering a box down wooden planks laid over a set of stairs, with a layer of snow on the trees and grounds surrounding them. <br>Handwritten note on verso: 1945; Winter evacuation; Neuschwanstein. <br>Item is a photo postcard.

Citation:

MFAA soldiers loading boxed artworks onto a truck at Neuschwanstein Castle, 1945. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Art and war  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)15113

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Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_15113