US Carrier planes hit fields on Japanese occupied Tinian Island

© W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos

US Carrier planes hit fields on Japanese occupied Tinian Island

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US Carrier planes hit fields on Japanese occupied Tinian Island,

1944

W. Eugene Smith, 1918–1978; born Wichita, KS; died Tucson, AZ; active New York, NY and Tucson
for LIFE magazine
2018-39

Information

Title
US Carrier planes hit fields on Japanese occupied Tinian Island
Dates

1944

Maker
W. Eugene Smith
for LIFE magazine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
26.7 × 34 cm (10 1/2 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-39
Place Depicted

Northern Mariana Islands, Tinian Island

Inscription
Inscribed in wax pencil on verso: Carrier planes hit Tinian in the Marianas | Used in Life May 8, 1944 p. 22 + 3 | overseas edition - p. 8 + 9 | Credit W. Eugene Smith | West Street | N.Y.C. EN. 2-3268 Inscribed on verso, right: SS [illegible] Inscribed in graphite on verso: #15345 Inscribed in graphite on verso: #767230
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in red ink on verso, upper center: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION Stamp in black ink on verso, upper right [Time Inc. stamp]: All Rights Reserved. No reproduction, | commercial display or other use is | permitted without express written | permission of the copyright holder.
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
battles, smoke, photojournalism, airplanes

[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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