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Loading equipment and American military personnel onto the transport ship "Frostburg Victory" prior to departure for America. Photographed from the neighbouring transport ship "Rollins Victory". Bremerhaven, Germany. 1946

Loading equipment and American military personnel onto the transport ship "Frostburg Victory" prior to departure for America. Photographed from the neighbouring transport ship "Rollins Victory". Bremerhaven, Germany. 1946
Loading of equipment and American military personnel onto the transport ship "Rollins Victory" prior to departure for America. Bremerhaven, Germany. 1946Photographer Sam Jaffe and US military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" returning to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946
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Photos from collection Black markets and the ruins of Berlin. Long way back to America

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island (the island was officially renamed Liberty Island in 1956) in Upper New York Bay. The statue is 46 metres high (93 metres with base). The full name of the Statue of Liberty is Liberty Enlightening the World. New York, USA. Spring 1946

A panorama of Manhattan Island. New York, USA. Spring 1946

A panorama of Manhattan Island. New York, USA. Spring 1946

View of 42nd Street. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the distance on the left and the American Bus Depot and Liberty Theatre at 256 West 42nd Street on the right. Manhattan, New York, USA. Spring 1946

View of 42nd Street. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the distance on the left and the American Bus Depot and Liberty Theatre at 256 West 42nd Street on the right. Manhattan, New York, USA. Spring 1946

Broadway Street. On the left is the Hotel Astor building in Times Square, which occupied the space between 44th and 45th Streets and was demolished in 1968. On the right is the Lowe's State Theatre building at 1540 Broadway. This was the last theatre in Times Square to continue booking vaudeville shows as demand declined in the 1930s. Above the entrance to the theatre is an advertisement for the American comedy Sailor Takes a Wife. Manhattan, New York, USA. Spring 1946

Broadway Street. On the left is the Hotel Astor building in Times Square, which occupied the space between 44th and 45th Streets and was demolished in 1968. On the right is the Lowe's State Theatre building at 1540 Broadway. This was the last theatre in Times Square to continue booking vaudeville shows as demand declined in the 1930s. Above the entrance to the theatre is an advertisement for the American comedy Sailor Takes a Wife. Manhattan, New York, USA. Spring 1946

A skating rink at Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan. New York, USA. Spring 1946

A skating rink at Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Photographer Sam Jaffe with his former military colleagues on a street in the Brighton neighbourhood. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Photographer Sam Jaffe with his former military colleagues on a street in the Brighton neighbourhood. New York, USA. Spring 1946

Sam Jaffe and his colleagues sit at the entrance to one of the buildings on the site of the military unit. USA. Spring 1946

Sam Jaffe and his colleagues sit at the entrance to one of the buildings on the site of the military unit. USA. Spring 1946

Portrait of Sam Jaffe and a colleague, among unloading US military personnel with duffel bags at the unit's location upon arrival in America. USA. Spring 1946

Portrait of Sam Jaffe and a colleague, among unloading US military personnel with duffel bags at the unit's location upon arrival in America. USA. Spring 1946

Portrait of a US Army 3rd grade technician at the unit site upon arrival in America. UNITED STATES. Spring 1946

Portrait of a US Army 3rd grade technician at the unit site upon arrival in America. UNITED STATES. Spring 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship Rollins Victory during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship Rollins Victory during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship Rollins Victory during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

The American transport ship Frostburg Victory. Photographed from the neighbouring transport ship Rollins Victory. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

The American transport ship "Frostburg Victory". Photographed from the neighbouring transport ship "Rollins Victory". North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship Rollins Victory during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

American military personnel on the transport ship "Rollins Victory" during their return to America. North Atlantic Ocean. 1946

All from collection Black markets and the ruins of Berlin. Long way back to America

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