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Earthquake-Greece 1953. Relief work in the Ionian Island of Greece after the earthquakes.

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Earthquake-Greece 1953. Relief work in the Ionian Island of Greece after the earthquakes.

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Title:: Earthquake-Greece 1953. Relief work in the Ionian Island of Greece after the earthquakes.
Description:: [Information from item housing] Earthquakes...Greece August 1953
Date:: [ca. September 1953]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:: Earthquakes
Ionian Sea Earthquake, Greece, 1953
Places:: Greece
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 181 x 132 mm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/wh24b355m
Terms of Use:: Rights status not evaluated.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Language:: English
Notes:: Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):: Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):: Date from item.
Identifier:: 22_10_001153_0003
Barcode:: 39999088103708

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