Launching of passenger liner Bismarck, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 20 Jun 1914, photo 1 of 4

Caption     Launching of passenger liner Bismarck, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 20 Jun 1914, photo 1 of 4 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via Wikimedia Commons
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   Lot 2217-5
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Blohm und Voss   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 3,028 x 1,929 pixels
Photos in Series See all 4 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 20 Jun 1914
Photos at Same Place Hamburg, Germany
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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