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Artist/Maker
Horst Faas
(German, 1933 – 2012)
Date1966
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 in. (24 × 15.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 in. (24 × 15.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.196
Not on view
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Markings
Verso, upper left (stamp, blue ink with pencil): "TRIBUNE CUT ORDER / Subject_["Longshoremen" written in pencil]__ / Size_["5 1/4 x 8 1/4" written in pencil]_ / For_["Mail" written in pencil]_ edition on_["Sunday" writted in pencil] / Ordered by_["SAT. AM MKP" written in pencil]_ / Time_____ / Date _____"
Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink): [at an angle] “NOTICE / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / such reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / and U. S. PATENT OFFICE”
Verso, lower left (newspaper clipping): "INDIAN longshoremen / labor long hours with / tin scoops to fill burlap / bags with wheat on the / docks of Bombay, above / vessels have / sped the grain half-way / around the world, but at / the docks the 20th cen- / tury slips back to the / 18th as dockworkers load / the wheat bags onto tur- / baned heads and into / cattle-drawn wagons for / the trip inland."
Verso, lower center (stamp, purple ink): [on top of newspaper clipping] "4 MAR 13 1966 T"
Verso, upper right (stamp, blue ink): [very faded and sideways] "ENGRAVING OFFICE / [year is illegible] JAN 11 PM 10:10"
Verso, lower left (stamp, blue ink): [faded and sideways] "ARTISTS / 1966 MAR 11 PM 10:09"
Verso, lower right (stamp, black ink): [at an angle] “NOTICE / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / such reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / and U. S. PATENT OFFICE”
Verso, lower left (newspaper clipping): "INDIAN longshoremen / labor long hours with / tin scoops to fill burlap / bags with wheat on the / docks of Bombay, above / vessels have / sped the grain half-way / around the world, but at / the docks the 20th cen- / tury slips back to the / 18th as dockworkers load / the wheat bags onto tur- / baned heads and into / cattle-drawn wagons for / the trip inland."
Verso, lower center (stamp, purple ink): [on top of newspaper clipping] "4 MAR 13 1966 T"
Verso, upper right (stamp, blue ink): [very faded and sideways] "ENGRAVING OFFICE / [year is illegible] JAN 11 PM 10:10"
Verso, lower left (stamp, blue ink): [faded and sideways] "ARTISTS / 1966 MAR 11 PM 10:09"
Inscribed
Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "HF-IND-03.3"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "2500"
Verso, upper right edge (red ink): [bottom portion of circled text, cut-off and illegible]
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "2500"
Verso, upper right edge (red ink): [bottom portion of circled text, cut-off and illegible]
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