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Image Not Available for Airplane tarmac, Helsinki, Finland, 1955
Airplane tarmac, Helsinki, Finland, 1955
Image Not Available for Airplane tarmac, Helsinki, Finland, 1955

Airplane tarmac, Helsinki, Finland, 1955

Original OwnerOriginally owned by William A. Purtell American, 1897 - 1978
Date1955 September
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4in. (8.3 × 10.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robin Purtell Bell
DescriptionBlack and white Polaroid photograph of a crowd of people on an airplane tarmac in Helsinki, Finland in September 1955.
Object number2025.83.7
InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "Helsinki"

Stamped in blue on back: "D55842 POLAROID"
NotesSubject Note: In 1955, U.S. Senator William Purtell was a member of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. He went on a two month tour of Europe and Russia, attending the Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva, Switzerland and a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Helsinki, Finland.
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