World War II veterans fill every porthole as the Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor.

World War II veterans fill every porthole as the Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor.
World War II veterans fill every porthole as the Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor.
World War II veterans fill every porthole as the Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor.
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • World War II veterans fill every porthole as the Queen Elizabeth pulls into a pier in New York Harbor.
Date1945, printed 2012
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 14 in. (27.3 × 35.6 cm)
 Sheet: 14 3/4 × 18 in. (37.5 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Associated Press
Object number2015.119
Not on view

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
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