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Image of U.S. Marine silhouetted against a cloud of smoke and stone dust, as Yanks blast the Japanese hiding in caves on the northern ridges of Iwo Jima

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U.S. Marine silhouetted against a cloud of smoke and stone dust, as Yanks blast the Japanese hiding in caves on the northern ridges of Iwo Jima, March 7, 1945
Vintage wire photograph on paper
9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in. (24.92 x 19.05 cm)

Creation Place: Asia

Technique: Photography

Credit Line: Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe

Accession Number: P2019.21.474

Bibliography

Illustrated: Associated Press ID #450307098.

Dimensions

Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8

Materials

Wire photographs were originally transmitted over phonelines, then later, by satellite. They were first used in the early 1920s. Associated Press became a leader with this. After pigment touch-ups, etc., the print is put into a drum (like a drum scanner). The image gets converted into audio tones that are transmitted. The tones are received and beamed onto photo-sensitive paper. Wire photographs are copies without originals---they are hybrid, transmitted objects. (Britt Salvesen, Curator and Department Head, Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 30-31, 2022)

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Battle of Iwo Jima, Caves, Caves, Explosive Weapons, Iwo Jima, Japan, Marines, Pacific Theater, United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps, World War II

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Dimensions

Image Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in. (24.92 x 19.05 cm)

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

1925-1949

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