Merry Christmas—Happy New Year

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Merry Christmas—Happy New Year
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print with block print overmat
DimensionsSheet: 1 3/4 × 2 5/16 in. (4.4 × 5.9 cm)
Closed: 3 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (8.9 × 15.6 cm)
Open: 3 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (8.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Ron and Emily Smith
Object number2006.1164
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2006.
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
Merry Christmas
Iwo Jima
Happy New Year
1945

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