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
Not on view

Additional Details

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: recruit climbing across poles
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.257
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
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.262
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
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.260
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
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