Pvt. Joe H. Nolen, "Somewhere in Belgium"
c. 1944
Artist
Unknown, 20th Century
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print (real photo postcard)
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image: 13 × 8 cm (5 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
sheet: 13.9 × 8.8 cm (5 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2023.39.239
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by sitter, bottom right in black ink: Love / Joe; on verso, by sitter, upper center in black ink: From Pvt. Joe H. / Nolen "Somewhere in Belgium" / I hope to be seeing you soon.; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: 2387-11; by Ross Kelbaugh, bottom right in graphite perpendicular: AF342 / 33.3.BH