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crop marks around perimeter in graphite; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in red ink: ran-; top right stamped in blue ink: SEP 1 1993; upper center stamped in blue ink: 19 PM 9:44; upper center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; upper center stamped in blue ink: ENGRAVING DEPT / 1942 SEP 19 AM 9:04; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: FDR / 5 3/8" WIDE / SUN [illegible]; vertical along left edge printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Roosevelt seldom showed worry: "If you had spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your toe, after that anything would seem easy."; center left stamped in red ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: 4 JAN 24 1982 T; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink inverted and underlined: single; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: In searching the International / News Photos' files for a picture / of President Roosevelt, [circled in blue ink] editors of / Tab magazine came upon this / one, made in 1937, which shows / the President may have originat- /ed the world-wide "V" symbol for / victory. / The leather in a single steer [cut off]; by unknown hand, center in blue ink inverted: (Franklin); by unknown hand, lower left in orange pencil: Inside F.D.R. / Trib. Alt.; lower left stamped in purple ink inverted: TRIBUNE / [by unknown hand in orange pencil: picture] / JUL 30 1950; by unknown hand, center right in black crayon perpendicular and crossed out: Victory / 4 col x 9 1/2" / 6B Sunday Mail

Provenance

(sale, Henry Yee, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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