Bridge "built by A Company 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion and 678 Engineer LE Company. "

Bridge "built by A Company 1270th Engineer Combat Battalion and 678 Engineer LE Company. "

Wile, Dennis E. (Donor)

Wile, Dennis E. (Photographer)

Content Note: Caption from writing on reverse of photograph. Additional caption text: "Nuremberg, Germany, April 27, 1945. Built By A Company 1270th Engr Combat Battalion and 678 Engineer LE Company. Be Gay Now, You GI Slave, Your CBI Bound, Use Burma Shave. [Transcription of larger sign on righthand side of bridge. "CBI" stands for "China, Burma, India."] 1 Way 70, 2 Way 40 [Transcription of small sign on righthand side of bridge. Refers to the tonnage limits for the bridge] " Jeep driving away from the camera across a fixed wooden bridge.

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Wile, Dennis E.

Nuremburg (Germany)

1 silver gelatin print Image Size: 3 7/16" x 4 1/2"; Paper Size: 3 7/16" x 4 1/2" bent, cracked, stained, scratches, fingerprints. Reverse of photo: writing, stamp in black ink. Emory has only the negative.

4 - 27 - 1945

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.

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4" x 5" negative, TIFF (400 dpi)

72 dpi; 38 KB Digital image created as part of SAGE project, 1998.