[Example of documentary photography for American Museum of Photography exhibition]
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Photograph
U.S. Coast Guard
Maker
[Example of documentary photography for American Museum of Photography exhibition]
1945
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/16 × 7 5/8 in. (23.3 × 19.4 cm)
Mount: 11 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30.3 × 25.3 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on mount verso, C: Documentary Photography \ Photography has become an invaluable tool \ in the documentation of man's work and \ activities. This dramatic picture made by \ the U.S. Coast Guard shows the body of \ Franklin D. Roosevelt on its last trip to \ the White House.
stamped in blue ink on mount verso, BC: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY \ 338 SOUTH 15TH STREET \ PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.
stamped in blue ink on mount verso, BC: AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY \ 338 SOUTH 15TH STREET \ PHILADELPHIA 2, PA.
