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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 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (19.4 x 23.5 cm)
Accession Number 2025.327
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
American GI shakes hands with his buddy December 23rd, 1971 before leaving for home the hard way. The soldier, along with another GI, was removed from this base after a heavy load of steel plates fell on him, Fire Base Andrews, South Vietnam
Image Not Available for American GI shakes hands with his buddy December 23rd, 1971 before leaving for home the hard way. The soldier, along with another GI, was removed from this base after a heavy load of steel plates fell on him, Fire Base Andrews, South Vietnam
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
GI’s Take Koje Today: Businesslike GI’s, well-armed for their day’s work, march along a road on Koje Island with a large North Korean flag which they had just taken from prisoner-of-war compound 85. The enemy banner is one of the many symbols of defiance ordered removed the troublesome prisoner enclosures on the South Korean island, site of the largest Allied prisoner concentration, June 9, 1952
1952
Image Not Available for Two youths use a board and mop handles to pole through water, here, left in Resurrection City after a heavy rain 6/12. The city has been plagued with rain since its erection, Washington DC, June 13, 1968
Two youths use a board and mop handles to pole through water, here, left in Resurrection City after a heavy rain 6/12. The city has been plagued with rain since its erection, Washington DC, June 13, 1968
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1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Revenge Riots Sweep America: President Johnson called federal troops into the ntaion's capital yesterday to restore peace to this frightened city after a day of arson, looting and violence in the wake of the slaying of Negro civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Here, a trooper stands gaurd in the street as another (left) patrols a completely demolished building. Negroes in at least 20 cities demonstrated their anger in violence at the death of Dr. King, April 6, 1968
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1968
Image Not Available for Among the attorneys who will argue against segregation in public school before the Supreme Court this week are, left to right: Harold R. Boulware, Columbia, South Carolina; Thurgood Marshall, New York City, official of National Association for Advancement of Colored People; and Spottswood W. Robinson III, representing Negro parents attacking school segregation in Virginia and South Carolina, December 1953
Among the attorneys who will argue against segregation in public school before the Supreme Court this week are, left to right: Harold R. Boulware, Columbia, South Carolina; Thurgood Marshall, New York City, official of National Association for Advancement of Colored People; and Spottswood W. Robinson III, representing Negro parents attacking school segregation in Virginia and South Carolina, December 1953
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1953
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Grim looking supply drivers pictured as they arrived at rear base to load more supplies for front lines. Left to right: Cpl. Johnnie McLeroy, Paducah, Kentucky, and Pfc. Carlton Wright, Herbing, Arkansas, July 18, 1951
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
White House Introduction: President Eisenhower reaches across George M. Johnson, new member of the Civil Rights Commission, to shake hands with Johnson's wife at the end of a ceremony swearing him into the post. Johnson, who holds his commission, is the former dean of the Howard University School of Law, Washington D.C., June 9, 1959
1959
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
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
1973
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Unknown Associated Press photographer
August 19, 1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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Unknown Associated Press photographer
April 6, 1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A demonstrator carries an American flag upside-down as the peace march passes its nearest point to the White House today buses parked bumper-to-bumper in the background were used as barricades. No one was allowed closer than one block from the Executive Mansion where President Nixon was conducting business as usual, November 15, 1969
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1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Peace demonstrators who have been keeping a 24-hour vigil at the Pentagon this week were placed under arrest. They were loaded on a bus to be taken to the United States District Court for Northern Virginia in nearby Alexandria. These two were arrested while climbing a wall into a flower bed in front of the building, May 12, 1967
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1967
Image Not Available for Segregationist John Kasper, right, is interviewed by a newsman as he and six of his followers picketed the White House today. Kasper said he believed that the four governors scheduled to confer with Mr. Eisenhower this afternoon "will sell out the South because they have sole their own people out.", October 1, 1957
Segregationist John Kasper, right, is interviewed by a newsman as he and six of his followers picketed the White House today. Kasper said he believed that the four governors scheduled to confer with Mr. Eisenhower this afternoon "will sell out the South because they have sole their own people out.", October 1, 1957
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1957