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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
DateAugust 20, 1965
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 8 5/8 in. (20.6 × 21.9 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 8 in. (17.1 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.292
Not on view
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Additional Details
Provenance
2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings
Recto, center right: red vertical line
Verso, top left corner (stamped): "[Published / August 20 1965 / Boston Herald]"
Verso, center on angle: "[(illegible) United Press Wirephoto / Reg US Patent Office]"
Recto, center, (paper adhered to back): "[Home Defense Specialist is this member of / South Vietnam's Popular Forces, a group that / fights only in defense of their hamlet or village. / Earthen works is five feet high and five feet thick and ringed by seven mined moats and thick barbed wire.]"
Verso, top left corner (stamped): "[Published / August 20 1965 / Boston Herald]"
Verso, center on angle: "[(illegible) United Press Wirephoto / Reg US Patent Office]"
Recto, center, (paper adhered to back): "[Home Defense Specialist is this member of / South Vietnam's Popular Forces, a group that / fights only in defense of their hamlet or village. / Earthen works is five feet high and five feet thick and ringed by seven mined moats and thick barbed wire.]"
Inscribed
Recto, center right: "Friday / 2 Cols / +VIet"
Recto, lower left corner: "ANON-VNM-140" and "800"
Recto, top left corner: "11/7"
Recto, lower left corner: "ANON-VNM-140" and "800"
Recto, top left corner: "11/7"
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