Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.

Music on Wheels for U.S. Troops in Naples: A hurdy-gurdy gives out for the amusement of American fighting men in front of their rest center in Naples. The rest center, formerly a high school, was converted for the relaxation of combat veterans of the Fifth Army by the suggestion of Lt. General Mark Clark.

Mark Wayne Clark KBE (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the United States Army during World War II. During World War II, he commanded the United States Fifth Army, and later the 15th Army Group, in the Italian campaign. He is known for leading the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June 1944. In March 1945, Clark, at the age of 48, became the youngest American officer ever to be promoted to the rank of four star general.

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

On recto: Label in bottom right corner, "DISPATCH / PHOTO NEWS / SERVICE / INC. / NEW YORK".

On verso: Typewritten label attached in center, "MUSIC ON WHEELS FOR U.S. TROOPS IN NAPLES / A hurdi-gurdi gives out for the amusement of American fighting men in front of their / rest center in Naples. The rest center, formerly a high school, was converted for the / relaxation of combat veterans of the Fifth Army under the suggestion of Lt. General / Mark Clark. Produced Exclusively by Dispatch Photo News Service, New York City". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner, "DP-WW2-029".

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Hurdy-gurdies
• Italian Campaign
• Music - The Performing Arts Discipline.
• Naples
• Rest
• Rest centers
• Schools
• Soldiers
• Street Scenes
• United States
• World War II

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