Detail View: Lynne Layman: United Germany in Transition:
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Filename:
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LL024.tif
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Creator:
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Lynne Layman
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Title:
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Vendors at Checkpoint Charlie
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Description:
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Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous Allied crossing point between East and West Berlin.
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Creator comments:
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"Used until June 1990 as a Borderpost for non-Germans leaving the American sector. I passed through here for a brief tour of East Berlin in 1961, before the Wall went up. Many East Germans attempted to escape through this borderpost."
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Location:
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German Democratic Republic (former East Germany)
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Year:
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1991
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Format:
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Color transparency
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Rights:
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Image copyright Lynne Layman
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