Repairs of a railway line after a bombing

Repairs of a railway line after a bombing

Repairs being carried out on bombed railway tracks on a starry night. The tracks are bent around a large crater. Men are using picks, shovels and a wheel-barrow while watched over by military personnel. The scene is illuminated by torch-light. A man is standing outside a nearby building.

Label reads “213”; signed by the author; “Notte del 20 Gennaio 1945. Fervono i lavori di riparazione hai [sic] binari della ferrovia, dopo l’attacco aereo del 10 Gennaio.”

Caption translates as: “20 January 1945, night-time. Repair works being carried out on the railway tracks, following the 10 January bombing.”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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