Artist
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Marine and His Victim
Date1943
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 6 in. (20.2 × 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels
Object number2005.402
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso left edge: "VV.1137"
Printed back label taped on verso: "SLUG----DEAD JAP / MARINE AND HIS VICTIM / TARAWA----MARINE PRIVATE JOHN H. JENNINGS, 19. / COLUMBIA MISS., KNEELS ABOVE BODY OF JAPANESE SNIPER / HE HAS BROUGHT DOWN WITH HIS RIFLE DURING FIGHTING ON / TARAWA...SENT SOUND 12/4/43/CPA"
Back label: "CONDITIONS OF...(torn) / ...The following credit line is obligatory: / THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE / Pictures are rented and must be returned... / 136 East 57th Street Neew York, N.Y."
Back label: "CONDITIONS OF...(torn) / ...The following credit line is obligatory: / THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE / Pictures are rented and must be returned... / 136 East 57th Street Neew York, N.Y."
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