Title from caption on object: “Land Mines Jet Up Protective Shield”
1943
American 20th Century
Artist
Publisher
Artwork overview
-
Medium
gelatin silver print
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
image: 16.4 × 25.3 cm (6 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 19 × 25.3 cm (7 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.331
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
across bottom printed in image: (WX2) EDGEWOOD ARSENAL, MD:, JUNE 26---LAND MINES JET UP PROTECTIVE SHIELD--LAND MINES / WITH WHITE PHOSPHORUS CHARGES JET FORTH A GRACEFUL PATTERN AGAINST THE SKY, PUTTING UP / A PROTECTIVE SHIELD TO HIDE TROOPS, IN A DEMONSTRATION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE SCHOOL EQUIP- / MENT AND TECHNIQUES AT EDGEWOOD ARSENAL. (AP WIREPHOTO) (GD61405CPG) 1943; by unknown hand, bottom center illegible printing notes in grease pencil; bottom right in graphite: 5; on verso, center left printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: [reproduction of image] / PROTECTIVE SHIELD—Exploding air mines / with white phosphorus charges jet forth a grace- / ful pattern against the sky, putting up a protective / pattern to hide troops in this demonstration of / Chemical Warfare School equipment and tech- / niques being staged at Edgewood, Md., arsenal. / —Associated Press Wirephoto.; center left stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: JUN 27 1943; by unknown hand, center in graphite partially obscured: x3" / DAILY; center right stamped in black ink perpendicular and underlined in red crayon: U.S. ARMY-CHEMICAL WARFARE; lower center stamped in blue ink: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / JUN 29 1943