Marines Charging in, Tarawa

Artist/Culture Obie Newcomb, Jr. (American, 1909–1979)

Date1943

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensionsimage: 19.3 x 23.9 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.7 x 25.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

MarkingsOn verso: U.S. Navy mimeograph: "(This is Print No. in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) | Exhibition Print No. 99 (M.C. 63461) | TARAWA - Marines charging in on Tarawa against enemy cross-fire that swept the palms like a tropical hurricane. The Leathernecks advanced until four thousand of Tojo's toughest fighters were wiped out. (U.S. Marine Corps photo). | WATCH YOUR CREDIT | "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" | The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commerical advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed." Stamp in black ink: "POWER IN THE PACIFIC | Battle Photographs of our Navy in | Action on the Sea and in the Sky. | Jan. 24, 1945,-Mar. 18, 1945 | The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 St., New York" Stamp in red ink: "63461"

Credit LineTransfer from Museum Archives

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Object number2003.128

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