Indigenous people of New Guinea have proven to be of inestimable aid to the Allies in the fight to clear the Japanese from Papua. Here they are carrying an injured fighter from the front to a dressing station in the rear. Notice the Allied machine gun nest. Indigenous people have also served as guides in the jungles and have aided in transporting supplies, c. 1937-1945.

Sheet: 8 1/16 x 7 7/8

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:

• Allied Forces
• Casualties
• Civilians
• First aid stations
• Injury
• Japan
• Jungles
• Machine gun nests
• New Guinea Campaign
• Pacific Theater
• Papua New Guinea
• Papuans
• Soldiers
• Stretchers
• World War II

• Image Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 7 9/16 in. (16.67 x 19.21 cm)

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