Title from caption on object: “Julius Rosenberg and His Wife, Ethel, Are Separated by the Wire Grill of Federal Marshal’s Van...”, April 5, 1951

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 18.1 × 16.7 cm (7 1/8 × 6 9/16 in.)

sheet: 19.4 × 18 cm (7 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.410

Artists / Makers

American 20th Century (artist)

ACME Newspictures (publisher)

Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) (publisher) est. 1902

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite inverted: A81649; center left stamped in blue ink: [REF. DE]PT. / 4 9 '51 / N.E.A.; by unknown hand, center left illegible printing notes; across bottom printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: NY994 CLEVELAND BUREAU / NEW YORK: Julius Rosenberg [circled in blue crayon and underlined] and his wife, Ethel, [circled in blue crayon and underlined] are separated / by the wire grill of federal Marshal's van after being / sentenced to death as atomic spies April 5. The van took / them to the U.S. Marshal's office on the first leg of a / journey that is scheduled to end at Sing Sing's electric / chair. / CREDIT (ACME TELEPHOTO) 4/5/51 jjg

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary