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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: 7 x 8 in. (17.8 x 20.3 cm)
Accession Number 2025.324
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
Image Not Available for Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
Image Not Available for Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
1972
Image Not Available for Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
1973
Image Not Available for Money Matters: Two small Vietnamese girls are all smiles as they examine some folding money given to them by their mother as they boarded a South Vietnamese navy refugee ship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the trip to South Vietnam on August 22nd, 1970. The children had been refugees in the Cambodian capital for the past few months
Money Matters: Two small Vietnamese girls are all smiles as they examine some folding money given to them by their mother as they boarded a South Vietnamese navy refugee ship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the trip to South Vietnam on August 22nd, 1970. The children had been refugees in the Cambodian capital for the past few months
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Untitled (“... the girl [in the photo] is the daughter of the Leipzig Bürgermeister, she’s just committed suicide. The girl... looked like she was asleep ... but the layer of dust on her lips and face, on her perfect row of teeth, dust from streetfighting and explosions, meant that now she was just another surface in the room.”)
Roni Horn
2014-2016
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The World’s Fair: group of women outside the Trasvaal Province (South African Republic) pavilion, Paris
Émile Zola
1900
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A detachment of United States marines dig in on side of hill, relax, during lull in fighting. South Korean forces were reported fighting deep inside the 38th Parallel, October 3, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Spring Farm Work - Grafting
Winslow Homer
April 30, 1870
Image Not Available for Kaye's Farm, Late Summer
Kaye's Farm, Late Summer
William George Beckman
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
New England Farm
Thomas Hart Benton
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Farm Scene with Silo
William Zorach
1954
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Market Place (Farm Scene)
Amanda De Leon
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Le Ferme à Bizy (The Farm at Bizy)
Caroline Helena Armington
1920