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[Damaged car from attack on Pearl Harbor]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09547.11 Author/Creator: Place Written: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Type: Photograph Date: 07 December 1941 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Damaged car from attack with passenger inside. Taken during attack in 1941 and printed and released in 1942 for the one-year anniversary.

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