Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in purple ink on applied paper perpendicular: INP RADIOPHOTO INP RADIO PHOTO / FC1327795-WATCH YOUR CREDIT. INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG (RUSSIAN TANKS-BUDAPEST) / LAST PHOTO OUT OF HUNGARY SHOWS SOVIET TANKS MOVING IN / BUDAPEST, HUNGARY [circled in red crayon].......ONE OF THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHS TO / COME OUT OF WAR-TORN HUNGARY SHOWS RUSSIAN TANKS / ENTERING THE CAPITAL CITY OF BUDAPEST TO TAKE UP KEY / POSITIONS. CROWDS OF HUNGARIANS CAN BE SEEN GATHERING / AROUND THE TANKS. HUNGARY'S VALIANT FIGHT FOR FREEDOM WAS / CRUSHED AS THE RED ARMY MOVED IN WITH MASSIVE FIRE / OF TANKS, GUNS, AND PLANES WHILE POCKETS OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS / BATTLED ON, PITTING BARE HANDS AND HOMEMADE BOMBS AGAINST / SOVIET STEEL, BUT THE RESISTANCE APPEARED HOPELESS. / MEANWHILE THE UNITED NATIONS HAS INSTRUCTED SECRETARY / GENERAL DAG HAMMARSKJOLD TO SEND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES / INTO HUNGARY TO REPORT ON CONDITIONS IN THE BATTERED NATION. / D.11.5.56 (F) [by unknown hand in graphite: 2]; center right partially visible International News Photos copyright stamp in blue ink