Major Roosevelt (right), son of the President, was leading U.S. Marines as a Lt. Colonel during 1938 war games in Ponce, Puerto Rico when this picture was taken. The Navy announced at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii today that Major Roosevelt was second in command of the Marines who raided Japanese-held Makin Island in the Gilbert Group on August 17th, 1942.

Sheet: 7 3/16 x 10 1/16

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)

This object has the following keywords:

• Beach Scenes
• James Roosevelt
• Japan
• Landings
• Major James Roosevelt
• Makin Island
• Marines
• Pacific Theater
• Ponce
• Training maneuvers
• United States Marine Corps
• United States Marine Corps
• World War II

• Image Dimensions: 7 3/16 x 9 15/16 in. (18.26 x 25.24 cm)

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