Unknown Photographer
British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and Russian Field Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov sign unconditional surrender terms imposed upon the Germans in Berlin, May 9, 1945
Vintage wire photograph on paper
7 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (19.21 x 24.92 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:
P2019.21.231
Commentary
Allied officers sign Berlin surrender terms: British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (seated, left), Deputy Supreme Commander of Western Allied Forces, and Russian Field Marshal Georgy K. Zhukov (seated, right), Deputy Commander of all Soviet forces, sign the unconditional surrender terms imposed upon the Germans in Berlin May 9, 1945. Others in the background not identified.
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 10 5/8
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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Berlin,
European Theater,
Georgy Zhukov,
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Soviet Union,
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- Berlin
- European Theater
- Georgy Zhukov
- Georgy Zhukov
- Georgy Zhukov
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Nazi surrender
- Nazis
- Sir Arthur Tedder
- Sir Arthur Tedder
- Soviet Union
- World War II
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 7 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (19.21 x 24.92 cm)
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