General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf]

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Title

General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf]

Creator

Mercer, Fred (Donor)
Mercer, Fred (Photographer)

Description

Content Note: Writing on reverse: "This is when he told us to kill all the SOB [sic], not to capture a one of the bastards." Another jeep is parked in front of the one Patton is standing in. A barrack is visible in the background. Numbered 113 on the reverse.

Identifier

06080100PHOR00MERCFR017
06080100PHOR00MERCFR017.JPG

Subject

Ohrdruf (Concentration camp)
Patton, George S. (George Smith)
Mercer, Fred

Source

1 silver gelatin print Image size: 6 1/2" x 4 1/2"; Paper size: 7" x 5" bent, cracked, scratches, worn edges, damage on negative, moisture wrinkling, impression from writing on reverse of photo. Reverse of photo: writing.

Date

1 - 1 - 1945

Contributor

Emory University
Encoded as part of the SAGE Digital Archive Project: A Collaborative Project between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 1997-2000.
Funding for the SAGE Digital Archive Project was provided by a local foundation.

Rights

Researchers should contact the repository for terms governing the use of the collection.

Relation

Negative. TIFF image (400 dpi). JPG image (72 dpi).

Format

JPG (72 dpi); 61 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.

Files

06080100PHOR00MERCFR017.JPG

Collection

Citation

Mercer, Fred (Donor) and Mercer, Fred (Photographer), “General Patton standing in his jeep addressing the assembled American troops [Ohrdruf],” Witness to the Holocaust, accessed December 27, 2024, https://witness.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/688.

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