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Nuns attend aged and ill French civilians in a quarry hospital after they were evacuated from the Caen, France hospital, July 30, 1944
Vintage wire photograph on paper
7 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (18.1 x 28.36 cm)
Creation Place:
Europe
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.139
Bibliography
Illustrated: Associated Press ID # 4407301144.
Commentary
Nuns attend aged and ill French civilians in a quarry hospital on July 30, 1944 after they were evacuated from the Caen, France, hospital. Refugees from Caen, Faubourg-Sur-Orne and surrounding villages sought refuge in the quarries near Fleury-Sur-Orne, France.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 1/8 Overall: 7 1/2 x 11 3/16
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)
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Caen,
Civilians,
Elderly Portraits,
European Theater,
Faubourg Sur Orne,
Fleury Sur Orne,
Hospitals,
Invasion of Normandy,
Invasions,
Normandy,
Nuns,
Old Age,
Quarries,
Refugees,
Women in war,
World War II
- Caen
- Civilians
- Elderly Portraits
- European Theater
- Faubourg Sur Orne
- Fleury Sur Orne
- Hospitals
- Invasion of Normandy
- Invasions
- Normandy
- Nuns
- Old Age
- Quarries
- Refugees
- Women in war
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (18.1 x 28.36 cm)
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