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Artist/Maker
Horst Faas
(German, 1933 – 2012)
DateDecember 9, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto with retouching
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (20.6 × 21.3 cm)
Image: 6 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (17.5 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.131
Not on view
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Additional Details
Provenance
2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings
Verso, center (purple stamp): "[Return to Library]"
Verso, center (red stamp): "[NOTICE/ (illegible)/ ASSOCIATED (illegible) WIRE(illegible)]"
Verso, center: TH DEC 9 1965 IAT 2 (pasted newspaper clipping)
Verso, center: "At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this/ week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation/ in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st/ infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead." (pasted newspaper clipping)
Verso, center (red stamp): "[NOTICE/ (illegible)/ ASSOCIATED (illegible) WIRE(illegible)]"
Verso, center: TH DEC 9 1965 IAT 2 (pasted newspaper clipping)
Verso, center: "At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this/ week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation/ in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st/ infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead." (pasted newspaper clipping)
Inscribed
Recto, bottom left corner: "19/132 88"
Verso, center top: "Met Pix Page / 5. (crossed out) x 7 1/2" deep / Service"
Verso, top right corner: "87.8E (crossed out) / 86.7E (crossed out) / 96.4 E"
Verso, bottom left corner: "HF-VNM-155/ 2500"
Verso, bottom left: "M doubles / (Vietnam War U.S. Armed Forces)"
Verso, center top: "Met Pix Page / 5. (crossed out) x 7 1/2" deep / Service"
Verso, top right corner: "87.8E (crossed out) / 86.7E (crossed out) / 96.4 E"
Verso, bottom left corner: "HF-VNM-155/ 2500"
Verso, bottom left: "M doubles / (Vietnam War U.S. Armed Forces)"
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Horst Faas
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Horst Faas
Date: November 17, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Horst Faas
Date: September 9, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.129
Horst Faas
Date: December 1, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.132
Horst Faas
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.130
Horst Faas
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.192
Horst Faas
Date: June 27, 1964
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.201
Horst Faas
Date: 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.127