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Unknown Photographer
Men of a coast artillery battery loading a 10-inch gun during Army maneuvers in the Philippines just before war broke out, December 1941
Vintage wire photograph on paper
6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (17.15 x 20.96 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:
P2019.21.693
Commentary
This picture, just received from the Philippines, is among the latest showing U.S. defense forces on the islands. Men of a Coast artillery battery are loading a 10-inch gun during Army maneuvers just before war broke out. This unit may be in actual combat with the Japanese invaders today, December 1941.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 8 7/8
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)
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Artillery,
Artillery training,
Japan,
Pacific Theater,
Philippines,
Soldiers,
Training maneuvers,
U.S. Artillery,
United States Army,
World War II
- Artillery
- Artillery training
- Japan
- Pacific Theater
- Philippines
- Soldiers
- Training maneuvers
- U.S. Artillery
- United States Army
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (17.15 x 20.96 cm)
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