Rescue on Pit River Bridge (sharpened), by Virginia Schau, Taken on 3 May 1953
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Rescue on Pit River Bridge (sharpened)

Virginia Schau

Taken on 3 May 1953

Classification
Photograph
Museum
Wikimedia Commons
Credit line
Sacramento Bee, May 4, 1953, via Newspapers.com. Republished by Penn Live, "13 iconic Pulitzer-Prize winning photos", April 12, 2019.
Rights
Public domain, as the museum states it.
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About this work

"Rescue on Pit River Bridge", photograph of two truckers being rescued after driving their truck over the railing of the Pit River Bridge. Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.