Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain

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Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain
Majorca is the only island that remains loyal to the Republic. Located directly across the Catalan coast and close to the Franquist island of Majorca, its main town found itself in the path of the Italian Fascist army. These sailors belong to the Mahon naval base, Spain
Artist/Maker (Polish, 1911 – 1956)
Datec. 1938
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (17.9 × 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.231
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: "© David Seymour / Magnum" on verso at lower right in blue ink.

Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "DS-F-58" on verso at lower left sideways in pencil.
"FCC F7159" on verso at upper middle in pencil.
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Denise Bellon
Date: 1936
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.53
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
Object number: 2020.9.201
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Denise Bellon
Date: December 1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.50
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
Date: April 5, 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271
Horsley's House at Willesley
Horsley's House at Willesley
Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Date: 1888
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Object number: 1992.62
Nobel Prizes: general view of guests dining during the banquet in City Hall, Stockholm
Nobel Prizes: general view of guests dining during the banquet in City Hall, Stockholm
David Seymour
Date: c. 1950
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.232
At a camp for refugees at Ioannina, the children sing Greek folk songs as they sit around the barrel of UNICEF milk waiting for it's distribution, Ioannina, Greece
At a camp for refugees at Ioannina, the children sing Greek folk songs as they sit around the barrel of UNICEF milk waiting for it's distribution, Ioannina, Greece
David Seymour
Date: 1948 (printed c. 1955)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.230
Alter boy walking with candle and umbrella
Alter boy walking with candle and umbrella
David Seymour
Date: 1940-1950
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.229
Woman singing while man plays piano
Woman singing while man plays piano
David Seymour
Date: 1955
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.234
Refugees from the Spanish war
Refugees from the Spanish war
David Seymour
Date: c. 1936-1939
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.278
Republicans helping farmers, Vitoria, near Aragon front, Basques, Spain
Republicans helping farmers, Vitoria, near Aragon front, Basques, Spain
David Seymour
Date: 1936
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.279
Nobel Prizes: Mr. Gustaf Nobel, the nephew of Alfred Nobel and leading member of the Nobel family, Stockholm
Nobel Prizes: Mr. Gustaf Nobel, the nephew of Alfred Nobel and leading member of the Nobel family, Stockholm
David Seymour
Date: 1950, printed 1955
Medium: Early gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.277