Liberty Ships in the Hudson River, New York, New York, May 1944
Gift of Morton Steinberg
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Photograph. Liberty ships in the Hudson River. The image was taken from Captain Morton H. Bernstein's apartment located at 230 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10025. The George Washington Bridge is visible in the far right of the image. Caption on the back reads "May 1944." New York, New York. May 1944
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1944-05-
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Items from the service of Captain Morton H. Bernstein. Bernstein worked in the Army Air Forces, Material Command, Eastern Procurement District in New York. His primary task was to source and acquire material, primarily silk, for parachutes that were used by USAAF air crews and US Army paratroopers. This collection consists of sixty-six photographs of a site visit to Fort Benning, Georgia, showing paratrooper training, jumps, and civilian professionals inspecting parachute material.
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New York
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40.783
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-73.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Vehicles--American--New York
Ships--American--New York
Rivers--New York