Edward Steichen
Rocket Attack on Tokashiki Shima

Rocket Attack on Tokashiki Shima

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Rocket Attack on Tokashiki Shima
  • LSM's (R) Sending rockets at the shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, 5 days before the invasion.
DateMay 21, 1945
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 10 11/16 × 13 1/2 inches (27.1 × 34.3 cm)
 sheet: 11 1/4 × 14 inches (28.6 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Marion and Joe Mundy for the Mundy Companies Collection
Object number99.80
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Tartt Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black grease pencil, verso, upper right: "91". and in pencil, verso, right edge: "TRX-13081".
The photograph is unsigned.

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