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1962 Photo Contest, Spot News, Honorable mention
Photographer

H.W. Westering

07 December, 1961

Firemen rescue a passenger after a car plunged into the canal at Suezkade, The Hague.

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H.W. Westering

Hendrik (Henk) Wijnand van Westering (1939-1988) was a Dutch photographer and photo editor at Sijthoff Press.

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