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[Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary W. Gomulka at the railway station, when the Hungarian delegation for Warsaw Pact meeting arrived, Warsaw] – Historic Reproduction

[Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary W. Gomulka at the railway station, when the Hungarian delegation for Warsaw Pact meeting arrived, Warsaw], [1965] — historic photograph
[Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary W. Gomulka at the railway station, when the Hungarian delegation for Warsaw Pact meeting arrived, Warsaw], [1965]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary W. Gomulka at the railway station, when the Hungarian delegation for Warsaw Pact meeting arrived, Warsaw], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary W. Gomulka at the railway station, when the Hungarian delegation for Warsaw Pact meeting arrived, Warsaw]

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Two Eastern Bloc leaders are caught on the platform in this 1965 print: Hungarian Prime Minister János Kádár and Polish First Secretary Władysław Gomulka, greeting one another as the Hungarian delegation arrives in Warsaw. The station setting ties the picture to the logistics of Cold War diplomacy, when leaders traveled by rail and air to meet for Warsaw Pact business. The Warsaw Treaty Organization, formed in 1955 as the Soviet-led counterweight to NATO, held its political consultations in member capitals, and Warsaw hosted several of them. Photographs like this one were distributed by agencies such as Eastphoto, which sold images of Communist-bloc officials to Western press and archives.

Created / published[1965]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesPhoto credit: Eastphoto, N.Y.C. No. WAR-20.
SubjectsKádár, János,--1912- Gomulka, Wladyslaw,--1905-1982. Warsaw Treaty Organization--Political activity--Poland--Warsaw--1960-1970.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan841 × 615 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187392

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