Letty C. Fernandez photograph collection

Identifier
irn516177
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.223
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516177

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer and were found among the possessions owned by the Bowman family from Carlisle, Pa. They were purchased at an estate auction by a friend of Letty C. Fernandez in Oct. or Nov. 1991, near Harrisburg, Pa. The friend gave them to Letty C. Fernandez in Nov. 1991. Letty C. Fernandez donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of five photographs of rows of corpses laid out on a field with American soldiers in the background.

System of Arrangement

The Letty C. Fernandez photograph collection is arranged in a single series.

Subjects

  • Mass burials--1940-1950.
  • Dead persons--1940-1950.
  • Soldiers--American--1940-1950.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.