Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: Okamoto, Yoichi R.
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004049

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 4-14; handwritten: Austria / Landscape; typed label: As a reminder to Americans of the war in Austria as they drive thru the / Russian Zone from Linz into Vienna is a shack that used to house American / prisoners of war. The Germans allowed them to paint the letter POWs on the / roof so that our plans would not drop bombs. The German guards lived nearby / so the sign protected them too.; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; stamped: Photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto; handwritten: #89

Tagasauris Keywords: Copy space; Day; Nobody; Outdoors
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / FRONTIER
Retouching: N