Old Glory Goes Up on Ryukyus

Titles
  • Old Glory Goes Up on Ryukyus
Date1945
PlaceJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 5 11/16 in. (18.7 × 14.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 6 1/8 in. (20.3 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Jo C. Tartt, Jr.
Object number2007.378
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on attached paper is press information:
"SF ------NEW YORK BUREAU / OLD GLORY FLIES IN RYUKYUS / GERUMA SHIMA - - U. S. TROOPS OF THE 10TH ARMY'S 77TH DIVISION... (See photocopy in Accession File)

Typed, stamped and other various marks in pencil on verso:
"File: Army Drawer, OKINAWA, invasion of fd."
"ACME NEWSPICTURES, Inc...."
"AUG 24 1945 / NO. E-1035 / TITLE / Flag in Ryukyus / ..."
(See photocopy in Accesion File for complete set of marks)

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