US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking

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US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
Artist/Maker (German, 1933 – 2012)
DateFebruary 20, 1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 6 × 9 3/8 in. (15.2 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.194
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, upper center (stamp, red ink): [upside-down] "FEB 2 2 1972"
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "HF-CH-13 / 1800"
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1957, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.23
Photo by John Bentham.
Leonard Freed
Date: 1968
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.40
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: date unknown (printed 2003)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.16
Counter Event
Walter Feldman
Date: 1960
Medium: Color woodcut on paper
Object number: 1984.119
Counter, Al-mac's Diner, Route 6, Fall River, MA, from the series "You Can Still Get Your Kicks on Route 6, Boston Globe"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1985 (printed c. 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.61