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Eisenhower Campaign Banner in Production
Eisenhower Campaign Banner in Production
Object number2002.4

Eisenhower Campaign Banner in Production

Date1952
Artist (American, 20th c)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (16.83 x 21.27 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 in. (18.1 x 22.86 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedTyped on label attached to bottom of photo: MHP 994248. . . . . .NEW YORK BUREAU / MAMMOTH PORTRAIT / MIAMI, FLA.: WORKMEN OF A MURALS FIRM IN / MIAMI, FLA., SCALE PROPORTIONS OF A 48-FOOT / PICTURE OF GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER FOR / CAMPAIGN USE IN TIMES SQUARE. THE GIANT / PORTRAIT WILL BE DISPAYED NEAR NEW YORK’S / ASTOR HOTEL AND WILL STAND FOUR STORIES HIGH. / NY-1-2-3-4 MX FOR / CREDIT (UNITED PRESS PHOTO 3/25/52 (F.B.) On verso of label, in blue ink.: Gen E campaign 1952
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in blue ink in center: UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS / 461 8th Avenue, New York City / PLEASE CREDIT / “UNITED PRESS PHOTO” / THIS PHOTOGRAPH SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED / SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES / WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE UNITED / PRESS. BY ACCEPTING THIS PICTURE YOU AGREE / TO HOLD THE UNITED PRESS HARMLESS FROM ANY / LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING BY REASON OF YOUR / USE OR PUBLICATION OF THIS PICTURE.
BibliographyHistories of Photography. Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003ProvenancePurchased from Winter Works on Paper, Inc.
Exhibition HistoryHistories of Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 5 - September 21, 2003
DescriptionBlack and white image of a group of men in a workshop laying out and examining a giant banner of Dwight Eisenhower's face.
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