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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: 6 x 9 5/8 in. (15.2 x 24.4 cm)
Accession Number 2025.329
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
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
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Charles Baudelaire, de Face as (Charles Baudenaire, three-quarters view), published in "Charles Asselineau, Charles Baudelaire, sa vie et son oeuvre (Charles Asselineau, Charles Baudelaire, His Life and His Work)", 1869
Édouard Manet
etched in 1865, published in 1869
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
For his fifth birthday I took my son Max and his six friends to the Ringling Brothers circus at the Oakland Coliseum. It was all I could do to keep them under control and not lose anyone in the crowd. As party favors I bought each of them batter-powered plastic swords with flame blades and dragons on the handles. It was easy to find them as the sword blades glowed in the dark. Livermore, California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1973, printed 1999
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sgt. Ralph Kilpatrick - Soldier Behind North Korea Lines for 77 Days: Taejon, South Korea: An army mess sergeant was the hero of the 24th Division when he returned from 77 death-despairing days behind communist lines. Ralph Kilpatrick, of Phoebus, Virginia, came out of the once-held enemy hills to his buddies in the 19th Infantry Regiment in good health with a harrowing story of grimly hanging to life in enemy-saturated territory. Kilpatrick is pictured as he received a medical checkup from Lieutenant Alfred J. Grose, of Rochester, New York, October 4, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Israeli-Occupied Lebanon: a father is united with his son in a warm embrace where both are fighting against Palestinian guerrillas here in Israel’s drive to Beirut, June 12, 1982
Israeli-Occupied Lebanon: a father is united with his son in a warm embrace where both are fighting against Palestinian guerrillas here in Israel’s drive to Beirut, June 12, 1982
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nancy: There Is a Destiny Which Makes Us Brothers. None Goes His Way Alone. All That We Send Into the Lives of Others Comes Back Into Our Own. I am a Daughter, Sister, a Friend, a Lover, a Mother. I am You.
Tilly Woodward
1995
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A man makes his way through Petralia Soprana for the local Saints' Day Festival, Sicily, Italy
Leonard Freed
1974
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of his Parents, from The Prodigal Son
Abraham Bosse
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Beggar Seated on a Grassy bank, his Wares Displayed in a Box Suspended from a Strap Across his Right Shoulder, from the series "Beggars and Other Low Life"
Jan Georg van Vliet
1632
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Bileam (The Story of Balaam and the Ass). "Und die Eselin sahe den Engel des Herrn im wege stehen und ein blas Schwert in seiner Hand (And he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand)…" (Numbers 22:31 - 23)
Georg Lemberger
ca.1530
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Baudelaire de profile en chapeau (Baudelaire in profile, wearing a hat), as published in "Charles Asselineau Charles Baudelaire, sa vie et son oeuvre (Charles Baudelaire, His Life and His Work)", 1869
Édouard Manet
etched in 1862, published in 1869
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
I don't feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect on his personality. (He already wants to be a policeman). His childhood gun-playing won't make him into a cop-shooter. By playing with guns he learns to socialize with other children. I find the neighbors who are offended by Richie's gun, either the father hunts or their kids are the first to take Richie's gun and go off and play with it., from the "Suburbia" series
Bill Owens
1971, printed 2000