Caption | Ju 52 transport aircraft of the Chinese postal service, 1930s ww2dbase | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Photos at Same Place | China | ||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Licensing | This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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