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International News Photos Machine Guns Guard Hussein's Palace

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.30 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Amman, Jordan Type: Photograph Date: 26 April 1957 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 17.8 x 23.1 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated April 26, 1957. Shows two soldiers in a car with machine guns parked in front of the Jordanian Palace. The press release attached to the photo reports that the two men are standing guard for King Hussein. It also mentions that the military now controls Jordan under martial law. The photo is stamped on the back with the date and International News Photos information.

Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan, 1935-1999
1945 to the Present
Communism
Military Occupation
The Fifties

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