International News Photos [Last Ship Through Suez Canal]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.12 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Port Said, Egypt Type: Photograph Date: 2 November 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 23.3 x 17.9 cm. Order a Copy
One Wire photograph released by International News Photos dated November 2, 1956. Shows a ship sailing. According to the attached press release, the ship named Mary is from Liberia. It was the last ship in the last convoy to go through the Suez Canal. After the ship went through the canal was put out of commission due to an aerial attack that sunk a ship south of Ismailia. The photo is stamped on the back with the date and International News Photo information. The Wirephoto is blurry and pixilated.
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