Greetings Card : Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948
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Exchanging Clothes at a Second-hand Depot, Berlin, 1948
Photograph showing several citizens of West Berlin bringing their old woollen garments to a second-hand clothing depot, Berlin, August 1948. The clothes were weighed then permits were issued for the purchase of new clothing to an equivalent weight. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin meant that shortages of all consumables were inevitable. Between April 1948 and May 1949 Josef Stalin, leader of the USSR, imposed a land blockade on supplies from Western Europe to West Berlin. In response the British and American governments organised an enormous airlift to supply food and other essentials to the 2.5 million inhabitants of West Berlin. After a year Stalin conceded defeat and lifted the blockade
Media ID 4391819
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
1948 1949 Air Lift Berlin Blockade Bringing Citizens Conceded Defeat Depot Enormous Equivalent Essentials Exchanging Garments Governments Imposed Inevitable Inhabitants Issued Josef Lifted Meant Million Organised Permits Purchase Response Shortages Soviet Stalin Supplies Supply Uss R Weighed Weight Woollen
Greetings Card (A5)
Create your own greetings card. Size when folded is A5 (14.5x21cm or 5.7x8.3 inches)
Greetings Cards suitable for Birthdays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Graduations, Thank You and much more
Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 14.5cm x 21cm (5.7" x 8.3")
Estimated Product Size is 29cm x 21cm (11.4" x 8.3")
These are individually made so all sizes are approximate
Artwork printed orientated as per the preview above, with portrait (vertical) orientation to match the source image.
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