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International News Photos Last Convoy Through Suez Before Blocking

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.13 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Port Said, Egypt Type: Photograph Date: 2 November 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated November 2, 1956. Shows Port Said, and multiple ships sailing. According to the attached press release, the ships pictured were the last convoy to leave the canal before it was put out of commission due to an aerial attack that sunk a ship south of Ismailia. The photo is stamped on the back with the date of the photo. The Wirephoto is blurry and pixilated.

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