Robert Capa photograph of a people on shore observing a stranded ship

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Mark Reichman. 

Robert Capa photograph of a people on shore observing a stranded ship 

overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) 

Photographic print by Robert Capa taken of the stranded cruiser, Altalena, offshore of Tel Aviv in July 1948. It depicts a long line of people on the beach observing a stranded ship. Passengers are abandoning the ship and there are many people visible on the ship and in the water. The photo was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘Jews Fights Jews on the Beach of Tel Aviv" 

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Black and white photographic print of an outdoor scene shot from a distance. In the background is a cruiser stranded near the shore with a large expanse of ocean and horizon behind and to the right. There appear to be indistinct figures crowded on the upper deck. Along the shore line is a very long line of people looking toward the ship. In the middle ground is a stretch of beach, with trucks and a circular bandstand. On the verso are 3 adhered caption labels and stamps from his agency and a previous owner, and inscriptions in graphite and black and blue ink. back, top left, pencil : 2 (encircled) back, top right, pencil : T1589 back, bottom left, pencil : RC-36 back, bottom right, pencil : 7 (with line through middle) back, right side, black ink, handwritten : /15.