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Label TextThis documentary image was taken for publication in a newspaper or magazine during the Vietnam-American War (1955-1975). The Vietnam War is often referred to as the first “living room war,” as it was widely covered on television and in printed media. At this time cameras were smaller and developed film could be sent via phone lines or satellite, thus hitting news desks faster than was possible in previous conflicts. In this era, photojournalists had an incredible impact on shaping the public opinion of the wa
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (21 x 16.5 cm)
Accession Number 2025.322
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
A Big Welcome: A American POW, left, gets a warm welcome form a member of the prisoner recovery team during the release ceremony for 108 POWs at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport, Wednesday. The POWs were in Clark Air Base, Philippines, Thursday, waiting their flights home, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 15, 1973
Image Not Available for A Big Welcome: A American POW, left, gets a warm welcome form a member of the prisoner recovery team during the release ceremony for 108 POWs at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport, Wednesday. The POWs were in Clark Air Base, Philippines, Thursday, waiting their flights home, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 15, 1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Watching the Parade of German POW's, Moscow, 1945, from "The Great Patriotic War Portfolio I"
Dmitri Baltermants
2003
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Romanian POWs from the Battle of Stalingrad, Nov.-Dec. 1942, from "The Great Patriotic War Portfolio II"
Dmitri Baltermants
2003
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Two German POWs, 1945, from "The Great Patriotic War Portfolio I"
Dmitri Baltermants
2003
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The March of the German POWs, 1942, from "The Great Patriotic War Portfolio I"
Dmitri Baltermants
2003
Image Not Available for And Queenie Makes Three: Army Specialist Fourth Keith Albert embraces his parents catching his dog, Queenie, in a squeeze play as the former POW was welcomed to his home near Thibodaux, Louisiana Tuesday afternoon. Albert, who had been a prisoner for three years, was greeted by a band and a crowd of 200 after he was released by an Army hospital at San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1973
And Queenie Makes Three: Army Specialist Fourth Keith Albert embraces his parents catching his dog, Queenie, in a squeeze play as the former POW was welcomed to his home near Thibodaux, Louisiana Tuesday afternoon. Albert, who had been a prisoner for three years, was greeted by a band and a crowd of 200 after he was released by an Army hospital at San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1973
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Pow-a-sheek a Fox Chief
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1838
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
air gets into everything even nothing
Ugo Rondinone
2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Welcome to the Prince of Wales
Winslow Homer
October 20, 1860
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Welcome to our Town--B
Masuo Ikeda
1969-1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
3rd Avenue, New York, from the "Welcome Home" series
Todd Webb
1945
Image Not Available for Youthful Offender: Looking like a juvenile delinquent behind prison bars, this young South Vietnamese boy is actually looking into a Buddhist pagoda from behind a spiked fence in Saigon. He was watching a ceremony which was taking place in the pagoda, September 1973
Youthful Offender: Looking like a juvenile delinquent behind prison bars, this young South Vietnamese boy is actually looking into a Buddhist pagoda from behind a spiked fence in Saigon. He was watching a ceremony which was taking place in the pagoda, September 1973
1973
Image Not Available for The funeral of the Athletes of the Munich Olympic Games. Eleven Israeli members were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists during the Olympic Games and were killed when negotiations for their release broke down. The national flag is removed from the four pine-wood caskets before they are buried into the ground, Jerusalem
The funeral of the Athletes of the Munich Olympic Games. Eleven Israeli members were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists during the Olympic Games and were killed when negotiations for their release broke down. The national flag is removed from the four pine-wood caskets before they are buried into the ground, Jerusalem
1972