Joe Rosenthal
First Marines To Die at Iwo Jima

First Marines To Die at Iwo Jima
ArtistAmerican, 1911–2006
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • First Marines To Die at Iwo Jima
DateFebruary 25, 1945
PlaceJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 3/8 in. (19.5 × 23.8 cm)
 Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 in. (20.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of W. Burt Nelson
Object number2009.1201
Not on view

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
various marks on verso in pencil and marker-see photocopy in accession file
typed paper on verso - see accession file for photocopy: "FIRST MARINES TO DIE AT IWO / ... / 2/25/45"

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