Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks bottom left and bottom right in graphite; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 414-362 [crossed out] / 413-50; top center printed in black ink on applied barcode label: AFL-022-BS; upper center stamped in blue ink: AUG 27 1939 M; upper center stamped in black ink: JEWISH REFUGEES; by unknown hand, center left in graphite perpendicular: 5 5/8/4 3/4-; center left World Wide Photos copyright stamp in red ink; center stamped in blue ink: BALTIMORE SUN / Page No. / Rec'd.; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: WIDE WORLD PHOTOS : PLEASE WATCH CREDIT / 916059 / A PICTURE TALE OF HUMAN MISERY / HAIFA, PALESTINE- THE REFUGEES WHO WANDERED FOR SEVERAL / MONTHS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE ONCE AGAIN FULL AND / RICH FOR THE GENERAL JEWISH COMMITTEE OF ATHENS, GREECE, / AND THE FUGITIVE'S COMMITTEE IN SALONIKA HAVE REPRO- / VISIONED THE SHIP WITH FOOD AND THEREBY PREPARED THEM / FOR ANOTHER LANDING EXPERIMENT. THE PHOTO SHOWS THE / NEW PROVISIONS ABOARD THE SHIP. AFTER MANY TRIALS AND / TRIBULATIONS THE BOAT PUT IN AT HAIFA AND THE 700 / PASSENGERS WERE ARRESTED. / o-8/21/39 (s) / SEE 916056 FOR STORY. FOR RELEASE AUGUST 27TH (SUNDAY)