by Artist (4)
Unknown Photographer
German medics discuss a wounded comrade at an American forward dressing station, and American medical men prepare to give a German prisoner plasma, St. Lo, France, July 16, 1944
Vintage wire photograph with applied pigment on paper
7 x 9 1/8 in. (17.78 x 23.18 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:
P2019.21.140
Bibliography
Illustrated: Associated Press ID # 440712070.
Commentary
Casualties at St. Lo—Two German medics, standing left, discuss the case of a wounded comrade at an American forward dressing station in the St. Lo sector of Normandy. Two American medical men, right, prepare to give blood plasma to a wounded German prisoner lying on a stretcher, St. Lo, France, July 16, 1944.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 7/16
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:
Casualties,
European Theater,
Germany,
Hospitals,
Injury,
Invasion of Normandy,
Medics,
Prisoners of War,
Saint Lo,
Soldiers,
Stretchers,
United States,
World War II
- Casualties
- European Theater
- Germany
- Hospitals
- Injury
- Invasion of Normandy
- Medics
- Prisoners of War
- Saint Lo
- Soldiers
- Stretchers
- United States
- World War II
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 7 x 9 1/8 in. (17.78 x 23.18 cm)
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