US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking

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US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
US stewardesses change dollars into Chinese currency (yuan) at Bank of China counter at Shanghai airport under large picture of Chairman Mao. Stewardesses bought souvenirs at friendship stores during stopover of US newsmen flight from Hawaii to Peking
Artist/Maker (German, 1933 – 2012)
DateFebruary 20, 1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 6 × 9 3/8 in. (15.2 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.194
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Markings Verso, upper center (stamp, red ink): [upside-down] "FEB 2 2 1972"
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "HF-CH-13 / 1800"
A Child's First Lesson: teacher in a Peking school holds up card for children to repeat in English language class. Poems on Chairman Mao and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first year class of 23rd secondary school of Peking
A Child's First Lesson: teacher in a Peking school holds up card for children to repeat in English language class. Poems on Chairman Mao and the Red Guard movement are subjects in first year class of 23rd secondary school of Peking
Horst Faas
Date: February 25, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.193
They cut down our tree forts to put in some new houses. We want our trees back. They paid us five dollars to keep people back while they cut up the trees, but we're not going to keep anybody out.
They cut down our tree forts to put in some new houses. We want our trees back. They paid us five dollars to keep people back while they cut up the trees, but we're not going to keep anybody out.
Bill Owens
Date: 1972
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2023.12.67
Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Homicide in a food store. The clerk was shot dead for the few dollars in the till, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.13
Photo by John Bentham.
Travailleurs couronnant la brêche du bastion 7 (Laborers Surmounting the Breach in Bastion 7), from Souvenirs d'Italie: Expedition et siege de Rome (Memories of Italy: the Expedition to and Siege of Rome)
Auguste Raffet
Date: 1850-60
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1928.16
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Helmeted police at roadblock at 147th Street and Wood, one of several set up to prevent outsiders and troublemakers from entering the riot-torn community of Dixmoor, Illinois. All stores in the community have agreed to close their doors at 6 p.m. and the sales of liquor and firearms in the area have been halted
Date: August 18, 1964
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.270
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Horst Faas
Date: August 14, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.195
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Starstruck: Mao and Voroshilov, China
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1957, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.23
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
A group of clergymen from the Washington area join hands to sing "We Shall Overcome" at Washington National Airport before flying to Alabama to take part in a scheduled march on March 9 for Negro voting rights. The group flew to Montgomery where they planned to take a bus to Selma for the demonstration. Among them are Rabbi Richard A. Hirsch, left, of Washington; Bishop John Wesley Lord, third from left; Methodist Bishop of Washington; and the Rt. Reverend George L. Gringas, second from right, of the Roman Catholic Church.
Date: March 8, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.275
Our singing group will take any opportunity to perform, especially if it's a captive audience. (Flights to Hawaii)
Our singing group will take any opportunity to perform, especially if it's a captive audience. (Flights to Hawaii)
Bill Owens
Date: 1978, printed 2005
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.127
A banana split has one banana, three lumps of ice milk, crushed pineapple, strawberries, chocolate syrup and whipped cream. In two days of our forty-nine cent special we sold five thousand splits. Businessmen want a pretty face at the counter and counter girls have to have personality to deal with the public.
A banana split has one banana, three lumps of ice milk, crushed pineapple, strawberries, chocolate syrup and whipped cream. In two days of our forty-nine cent special we sold five thousand splits. Businessmen want a pretty face at the counter and counter girls have to have personality to deal with the public.
Bill Owens
Date: 1976, printed 1999
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.131
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Dr. King Leads Off Second Lap: Dr. Martin Luther King, extreme right, civil rights leader, strides out of camp near Selma, Alabama, as his protest march started its second lap. Next to King is SNCC Chairman John Lewis. A soldier ordered to duty along with several thousand troops to guard the marchers, stands with rifle along the roadside. The marchers are aiming for the State Capitol at Montgomery.
Date: March 22, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.277
Souvenir merchants and mint tea seller, Tangier, Morocco
Souvenir merchants and mint tea seller, Tangier, Morocco
Pierre Boucher
Date: 1930-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.80