Title from caption on object: “Army Troops Land on ‘Omaha’ Beach during the Initial Landings...”
June 6, 1944
Artist, American, 1923 - 2012
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 19 × 24.1 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 20.2 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.335
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, top left printed in black ink on applied sticker: GA-WR-177; top center: D-DAY; top right stamped in red ink: THE SEATTLE TIMES LIBRARY; center printed in black ink on applied sticker: NORMANDY INVASION, [underlined] JUNE 1944 / ARMY TROOPS LAND ON "OMAHA" BEACH DURING THE / INITIAL LANDINGS THERE, 6 JUNE 1944. THEY / WERE BROUGHT ASHORE BY A COAST GUARD MANNED LCVP. / 26-G-2343