Walter Rosenblum
D-Day Rescue, Omaha Beach

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • D-Day Rescue, Omaha Beach
DateJune 6, 1944, printed later
PlaceFrance
MediumGelatin silver print with gold toning
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.7 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.8 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 7 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (19.8 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Naomi Rosenblum
Object number2011.693
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceNaomi Rosenblum, Long Island City, New York; given to MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink on verso mount, center: "D-DAY RESCUE" / JUNE 7, 1944 / OMAHA BEACH. / [signature]

Inscribed in pencil on verso mount, lower left:: ACMS WR0063.14
Signed verso center in black ink: Walter Rosenblum

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