Giraffe with tall grass and trees, Africa

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Giraffe with tall grass and trees, Africa
Giraffe with tall grass and trees, Africa
Artist/Maker (British, 1908 – 1995)
Datec. 1950s
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (29.5 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.202
Not on view
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Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "STORY NO. 156 / ROLL NO " on verso at center right in blue ink ("156" is in red ink).
Stamp: "GEORGE RODGER / MAGNUM PHOTOS" on verso at center in blue ink.
Stamp" Please return to / MAGNUM PHOTOS / Limmatquai 48 Zurich 1" on verso at bottom left corner in black ink.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "FCC FGF02" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GR-F-79" on verso at top right corner in pencil.
"Paris" on verso at top right corner in pencil.
"126-[illeg.]" on verso at top center in pencil.
"85-9A" on verso at center right in pencil.
"Afrika" on verso at bottom right in pencil.
"22" on verso at bottom right corner in pencil.
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
General Charles de Gaulle in El Fasher, in the army of the British Governor of Darfur Province, Free French troops on their way across Africa from Cameroon, Sudan
George Rodger
Date: 1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.207
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.209
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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George Rodger
Date: 1949
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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