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Unknown Photographer
Trucks rumble up past demolished German tank and lorries by roadside, with supplies for Allied forces pursuing Rommel’s forces, Western Desert, Egypt, c. 1941-1945
Vintage wire photograph on paper
6 1/2 x 8 in. (16.51 x 20.32 cm)
Creation Place:
Africa
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.48
Commentary
Trucks rumble up past demolished German tank and lorries by roadside with supplies for Allied forces pressing pursuit of Rommel’s forces. Turret top has been blasted from tank during flight of Germans across the Western Desert, Egypt, c. 1941-1945.
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 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:
Allied Forces,
Egypt,
Erwin Rommel,
European Theater,
Germany,
Roads,
Soldiers,
Supply convoys,
Tanks,
Trucks,
Western Desert Campaign,
World War II,
Wreckage
- Allied Forces
- Egypt
- Erwin Rommel
- European Theater
- Germany
- Roads
- Soldiers
- Supply convoys
- Tanks
- Trucks
- Western Desert Campaign
- World War II
- Wreckage
Additional Images
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 8 in. (16.51 x 20.32 cm)
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