United States Marine Corp boot camp: "The Motivation Platoon". Recruits crawling through muddy swamp water as part of infiltration course

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United States Marine Corp boot camp: "The Motivation Platoon". Recruits crawling through muddy swamp water as part of infiltration course
United States Marine Corp boot camp: "The Motivation Platoon". Recruits crawling through muddy swamp water as part of infiltration course
Artist/Maker (American, b. 1938)
Date1967
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (19.7 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (19.7 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.264
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Markings Verso, (stamp, green ink): [sideways and crossed out] “Copyright / abc / press / amsterdam / N.Z. Voorburgwal 266 / Postbox 3694 / Telef. 249413 / Telegr. Abcpress”
Verso, lower right (stamp, blue ink): [sideways] “© Burk UZZLE Magnum”
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): [sideways] "BU-F-44"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "6500-"
Verso, upper center (pencil): “FCC F 492”6
Verso, center left (blue ink): [sideways and on top of green stamp] “30868”
Verso, lower right (blue ink): “67.17.25/22”
United States Marine Corp boot camp: the climax of a hellish day for this man from the Motivation platoon. He has made it through the day with all its forced marches, exercises, and infiltration course, but is now being led (and orally humiliated at the same time) to a resident psychologist for examination
United States Marine Corp boot camp: the climax of a hellish day for this man from the Motivation platoon. He has made it through the day with all its forced marches, exercises, and infiltration course, but is now being led (and orally humiliated at the same time) to a resident psychologist for examination
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.263
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.257
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.258
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit about to sit with rifle
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit about to sit with rifle
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.261
United States Marine Corp boot camp: black recruit with rifle
United States Marine Corp boot camp: black recruit with rifle
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.262
Portrait of United States Marine Corps recruit wearing glasses
Portrait of United States Marine Corps recruit wearing glasses
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.256
Two marines partly in shadow
Two marines partly in shadow
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.260
In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.126
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
Unknown artist
Date: April 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.182
The New Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States, from "Harper's Weekly"
The New Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 6, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.119
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Weary and Muddy But More to Go: two civil rights marchers rest with muddy feet as they face the fourth lap of their protest march on the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery today. They have nearly half of the distance to cover before reaching the capitol Thursday. They are 14-year-old Cornelius Courtland, left, of Selma, where march started Sunday, and Bruce Hartford, 21, of New Haven.
Date: March 24, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.279
Faas and Arnett on the Move: this photo of Horst Faas (left) and Peter Arnett was made during their three month tour of the United States
Faas and Arnett on the Move: this photo of Horst Faas (left) and Peter Arnett was made during their three month tour of the United States
Horst Faas
Date: April 14, 1971
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.124