Title from caption on object: “My Lai Massacre Scene”

March 16, 1968

Ronald L. Haeberle

Artist, American, born 1940

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 × 24.4 cm (7 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.5 × 25.4 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.582

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rhys M. Yeakley, Wilder, ID; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along left edge printed in image: (NY26-March 26) MY LAI MASSACRE SCENE--Bodies of woman and children lay on / road leading from village of My Lai in South Vietnam in March 1968. Photo / was taken by former U.S. Army Sgt. Ronald L. Haeberle. (Associated Press / photo from Life Magazine, Copyright, 1969, Ronald L. Haeberle) (hmb21725 / fls) 1971 MO MO See AP AAA Wire Story; on verso, lower left printed in black ink perpendicular: VIETNAM - CRIMES - US (SX, MY LAI); lower right stamped in black ink perpendicular: MAY 23 1972

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