Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White prepares to photograph an air battle on the Italian front during World War II

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Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White prepares to photograph an air battle on the Italian front during World War II

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Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White prepares to photograph an air battle on the Italian front during World War II,

1943

Margaret Bourke-White, 1904–1971; born Bronx, NY; died Stamford, CT
for LIFE magazine
2018-37

Information

Title
Life photographer Margaret Bourke-White prepares to photograph an air battle on the Italian front during World War II
Dates

1943

Maker
Margaret Bourke-White
for LIFE magazine
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.1 × 17.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2018-37
Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Cassino

Inscription
Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper left: Artillery Handwritten in graphite on verso, upper center: Italy near Casino | attack on | [illegible] Inscribed in blue ink on verso, center right: Life Set #14264 Inscribed in black ink on verso, center: Bourke-White, Margaret | photographing air | cavalry on Italian front Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower center: Return to Time Inc. Archives Handwritten in graphite on verso, lower left: HG | Schwartz Inscribed in graphite on verso, lower center: MB434 Inscribed in graphtie on verso, lower right: PF129686-111
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in red ink, center left: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION Stamp in blue ink, center: LIFE PHOTO BY | MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE Stamp in red ink, center left: RETURN TO | TIME INC. | FILE Stamp in blue ink, lower center [in oval]: NO OBJECTION TO PUBLICATION | Security Sec. | Bur Pub. Relations | JUN 5 1945 | 2 | WAR DEPARTMENT
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
cameras and camera accessories, women, soldiers, men

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

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