Unhappy Red: a wounded North Korean soldier captured during U.S. Marines' drive in Naktong River area, uses tree limb to support himself as he heads towards rear under escort of Pvt, Marvin A. Penny (left), Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Donald E. West, Pond Creek, Oklahoma.

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Unhappy Red: a wounded North Korean soldier captured during U.S. Marines' drive in Naktong River area, uses tree limb to support himself as he heads towards rear under escort of Pvt, Marvin A. Penny (left), Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Donald E. West, Pond Creek, Oklahoma.
Unhappy Red: a wounded North Korean soldier captured during U.S. Marines' drive in Naktong River area, uses tree limb to support himself as he heads towards rear under escort of Pvt, Marvin A. Penny (left), Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Donald E. West, Pond Creek, Oklahoma.
Date1950
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 8 × 7 in. (20.3 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Composition: 9 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (24.1 × 18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.94
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Markings Recto, bottom (typewritten): "(SE9-AUG.22) UNHAPPY RED-A wounded North Korean soldier captured during U.S. Marines' drive in Naktong River area, uses tree limb to support himself as he heads towards rear under escort of Pvt, Marvin A. Penny (left), Houston, Texas, and Pfc. Donald E. West, Pond Creek, Oklahoma (APWirephoto) (jdc3044Ostf-md) 1950"
Verso, bottom right corner, sticker: "rar 1069"
Inscribed Verso, top middle (blue pen): "War Korea"
Marines File Past Their Okinawa Dead: following their dedication of a sixth marine division cemetery on July 4th, fellow marines file past the graves of their fallen comrades looking for familiar names. The cemetery is on a hill overlooking one of Okinawa's beaches.
Marines File Past Their Okinawa Dead: following their dedication of a sixth marine division cemetery on July 4th, fellow marines file past the graves of their fallen comrades looking for familiar names. The cemetery is on a hill overlooking one of Okinawa's beaches.
Date: c. 1945
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2025.30.96
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.152
Yippie Reaction: Abbie Hoffman, Yippie leader, uses an unusual handkerchief at today's antiwar demonstration. The cloth was described as being composed of stripes and stars.
Yippie Reaction: Abbie Hoffman, Yippie leader, uses an unusual handkerchief at today's antiwar demonstration. The cloth was described as being composed of stripes and stars.
Unknown artist, American
Date: May 9, 1970
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.250
Accused of Conspiracy: John R. Froines, right, a University of Oregon professor, surrendered himself to federal authorities Friday in Portland. He is accused of teaching the use of incendiary devices and conspiring to cause riots at the Democratic National Convention. With him are his wife Ann and his lawyer, her but Titus, a university law school professor, Portland Oregon.
Accused of Conspiracy: John R. Froines, right, a University of Oregon professor, surrendered himself to federal authorities Friday in Portland. He is accused of teaching the use of incendiary devices and conspiring to cause riots at the Democratic National Convention. With him are his wife Ann and his lawyer, her but Titus, a university law school professor, Portland Oregon.
Unknown artist, American
Date: March 21, 1969
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.253
Children leaning out window towards old woman, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
Children leaning out window towards old woman, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
René Burri
Date: c. 1966
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.38
Radoub d'une Barque à Marée Basse (Repair of a Boat at Low Tide), plate 4 from the series "Six Marines"
Radoub d'une Barque à Marée Basse (Repair of a Boat at Low Tide), plate 4 from the series "Six Marines"
Eugène Isabey
Date: 1833
Medium: Lithograph on chine appliqué
Object number: 1993.3
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
United States marines watched while Vietnamese farmers, using the traditional hand operated equipment, worked in an irrigation ditch of a rice paddy in the Hieu Duc district. The farmers continue to pursue chores despite increasing pressure from the Viet Cong
Unknown artist
Date: April 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.182
Two marines partly in shadow
Two marines partly in shadow
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.260
© Abbas Attar / Magnum Photos.
After the deadly events of the last weekend in the Iranian capital, rebel groups continue their revolutionary actions --The attack on the American Embassy --Civilians are taken away --The Marines surrender --At the University, the guerrillas give courses in weapon handling --state of shah sacked. Presentation of ministers of the bazargan cabinet, Tehran
Abbas Attar
Date: February 14th, 1979
Medium: Vintage resin-coated gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.2
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.258
View from a Gold Street rooftop looking east toward the rear of Fulton Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
View from a Gold Street rooftop looking east toward the rear of Fulton Street, from the series "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.58
Guarding Pohang Base: an American soldier keeps watch from a fortified ridge overlooking burning village in the Pohang area of the Korean front as he covers comrades (center, under gun) patrolling hillside. A full South Korean division has been moved to this northern front to help hold important Pohang airfield now out of operation due to Reds' advance in area.
Guarding Pohang Base: an American soldier keeps watch from a fortified ridge overlooking burning village in the Pohang area of the Korean front as he covers comrades (center, under gun) patrolling hillside. A full South Korean division has been moved to this northern front to help hold important Pohang airfield now out of operation due to Reds' advance in area.
Date: 1950
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Object number: 2025.30.93