The Amphibious Assault on Iwo Jima

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CultureAmerican

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The Amphibious Assault on Iwo Jima

DateFebruary 19, 1945

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (26.8 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 14 in. (28.3 × 35.6 cm)
Frame (outer): 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (46.7 × 56.9 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barbara Joynt King in honor of Kenneth Richards Joynt LTJG USN, for his service at Omaha Beach with the 7th Naval Beach Battalion (LCI #84) June 6-July 4, 1944, and on the USS Sevier (APA-233) at Iwo Jima, March 14-20, 1945

Object number2005.356

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceEstate of Tom Maloney; [Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, D.C.]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Various marks in pencil on verso: "44", "B", "924", "75P", "P-42", "TRXL 4741 (?)"

Marked in pencil on verso upper right: "Ill. p.54 & 55 US N War Photographer, Steiche..(torn) / Assault in Iwo Jima, / Feb. 19, 1945 / 1,500."

Stamped on verso in red, upper right: "WAR BOOK / (and in pencil) 338-339", "9431"

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