1426 - Press Photography

Press Photography Collection of 18 press photographs depicting accidents. Gelatin-silver prints. Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 1961–1988. Dimensions approx. 16 x 21 and 17.8 x 24 cm. Each bears a DPA copyright stamp on the reverse, along with printed text describing the events. - Among the images shown are: a collision between two sprint cars near Cincinnati (1971), an exploded tanker truck at London Airport (1967), damaged vehicles during riots in Córdoba (1971), a ferry disaster in Wellington (1968), a train accident in France (1961), a snow groomer that crashed into a cable car before the men’s World Cup downhill race in Val d’Isère (1988), poisoning incident near Yaroslavl on the Volga River (1988), wreckage of a downed Israeli aircraft (1967), collapsed bridge under construction (1966). - Some are stained on the reverse, some corners are bumped and creased; otherwise, generally well preserved. Collection of 18 press photographs depicting accidents. Gelatin silver prints. - Each bears a DPA copyright stamp and printed text describing the events on the reverse. - Among the images shown are: a collision between two sprint cars near Cincinnati (1971), an exploded tanker truck at London Airport (1967), damaged vehicles during riots in Córdoba (1971), a ferry disaster in Wellington (1968), a train crash in France (1961), a snow groomer crashing into a cable car ahead of the men’s World Cup downhill race in Val d’Isère (1988), a poisoning incident near Yaroslavl on the Volga (1988), the wreckage of a downed Israeli aircraft (1967), and a collapsed bridge under construction (1966). - Partially stained on the reverse, some corners bumped and creased; otherwise, overall well preserved.