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International News Photos Soviet Tank Fires in Budapest Square

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.09 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Budapest, Hungary Type: Photograph Date: 29 October 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 22.7 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated October 29, 1956. Shows a tank on the left side of the image and a crowd standing in front of a building on the right side of the image. The attached press release states that the tank fired over the heads of the people after Anti-Soviet rebels pulled down a statue of Stalin in the background. The photo is stamped on the back with International News Photos information. The Wirephoto is blurry and pixilated.

Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

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