MFAA soldiers loading boxed artworks onto a truck at Neuschwanstein Castle

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Object Details

Subject
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
World War, 1939-1945
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.
Handwritten note on verso: 1945; Winter evacuation; Neuschwanstein.
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
1945
Record number
(DSI-AAA)15113
Type
Photographs
Place
Bavaria, Germany
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Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984
Archives of American Art
Topic
Art and war
Record ID
AAADCD_item_15113
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