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"
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Leonard Freed
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Thomas Henry Kenny
Date: November 1967
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Object number: 1968.1
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Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Object number: 1944.1.1a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1944.1.60
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 24, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.62
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 19, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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