Title from caption on object: “First Victim”

December 1941

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

International News Photos, Inc.

Publisher

This is a photograph of a burned-down structure. The scene captures the aftermath of a fire, where the remains of a structure are on the ground. Corrugated metal sheets and charred timber form a pile of debris. In the background, other wooden buildings stand. A water hose can be seen spraying water over the wreckage, which emits smoke. The foreground is filled with destroyed materials, while the background shows larger structures still somewhat intact.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.3 × 20.2 cm (6 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 16.7 × 21.6 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.329

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

edit mark center left in black ink; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: 4; center left in graphite perpendicular: First Victim. Pasay, near the city of / Manila, was one of the first districts / in P.I. to receive the baptism of Japanese / aerial assault. Several houses were / destroyed. Here an old woman lost her / life.; center International News Photos copyright stamp in red ink perpendicular; center right printed in black ink perpendicular underlined in red pencil: WAR-2ND WORLD PHILLIPPINES [sic] / DEVASTATION PASAY / NEAR MANILA; lower right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / MAR 31 1942

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