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An original (not modern reprint) 7x9" vintage photo from a rare archive of post war / Cold War Berlin press photographs that we acquired from an sale house in Berlin. This photo is from perhaps the most fascinating collection of press photos we have ever had the pleasure to deal with. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.
Photo Overview
Postwar Berlin press photograph showing Berlin children engaged in a fierce snowball fight in the street during the city’s harsh winter of 1946-47, with a dismantled monument to a German general visible in the right background and ruined buildings lining the avenue, captured by Acme Newspictures photographer Reginald Kenny.
In the brutal winter of 1946-47, devastated postwar Berlin suffered from acute coal and food shortages, with many residents living in unheated, bomb-damaged apartments while the city was still divided into Allied sectors. Contemporary press photographers often focused on children like these to symbolize both the suffering and resilience of ordinary Berliners amid the ruins, just two years after the fall of Nazi Germany and before the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Add this powerful Cold War Berlin original to your collection today before it disappears into another archive.
Text Present
Back, brown paper caption:
KEN 829573
SNOW BATTLE IN BERLIN
BERLIN, GERMANY - THE ONLY PERSONS WHO FIND
SOME ENJOYMENT IN BERLIN'S LONGEST AND WORST
WINTER IN MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS ARE THE
CHILDREN. PLAYING OUTDOORS IN THE SNOW
HELPS THEM TO FORGET THEIR HEATLESS HOMES
AND THE FOOD SHORTAGE. IN RIGHT BACKGROUND
IS A DISMANTLED MONUMENT OF A GERMAN GENERAL.
CREDIT (ACME PHOTO BY REGINALD KENNY)
NY CHI MCS 3-22-47 (SA)
Back, stamped:
ACME NEWPICTURES
DIVISION OF NEA SERVICE, Inc.
TRIBUNE TOWER CHICAGO, ILL.
THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION
ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR
USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN
PERMISSION FROM ACME.
Additional faint Acme ownership and usage stamps present on back.
Print analysis: Original gelatin silver press photograph produced by Acme Newspictures from the original negative and distributed to newspapers in March 1947, within days of when it was taken, as evidenced by the contemporary Acme Newspictures credit stamps, typed paper caption dated 3-22-47, and typical fiber-based press photo paper; this is a Type 1 original press photo.
Condition: Photo is in good to excellent vintage condition. Please see images for exact details.
