Joe Rosenthal
Tribute Paid to Fallen Iwo Jima Heroes

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Artist Joe Rosenthal(American, 1911–2006)American, 1911–2006

CultureAmerican

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Tribute Paid to Fallen Iwo Jima Heroes

DateFebruary 19, 1955

PlaceJapan

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 in. (18.1 × 22.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Richard Cummings

Object number2011.563

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped on verso in red ink: FEB 24 1955

Sticker with barcode: AD-870-CT

Typed caption pasted onto verso [see Accession File for copy]:
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LOS ANGELES / CAUTION USE CREDIT / TRIBUTE PAID TO FALLEN IWO JIMO HEROES / Airman 2/c Christopher Wise of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., / sounds taps during memorial serivices at the top of Mt. / Suribachi on Feb. 19, the tenth anniversary... / Rosenthal, now with / the San franckco[sic] Chronicle, attended the memorial / service as a guest of the Marine Corps. ...

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