[six men in military uniform with handwritten names on photograph in blue ink "I was on K.P. this / day when the Boy's / asked me to take / this"]

[six men in military uniform with handwritten names on photograph in blue ink "I was on K.P. this / day when the Boy's / asked me to take / this"]

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[six men in military uniform with handwritten names on photograph in blue ink "I was on K.P. this / day when the Boy's / asked me to take / this"]
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  • [six men in military uniform with handwritten names on photograph in blue ink "I was on K.P. this / day when the Boy's / asked me to take / this"]
Date1940–1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 2 3/8 × 4 3/16 in. (6 × 10.6 cm)
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 9/16 in. (7 × 11.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.541
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto on the image in ink: MICH / DET / MICH / MINASOTA / HAZE PARK / ME
verso left in ink reading vertically: I was on K.P. this / day when the Boy's / called me out to take / this.; bottom right in pencil: v02505

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