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Marjory Collins
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1942; printed (c. 1975)
gelatin silver photograph
39.5 × 39.1 cm (image) 40.8 × 50.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1975
Public domain
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1942; printed (c. 1975)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
39.5 × 39.1 cm (image) 40.8 × 50.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1975
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In 1942 photojournalist Marjory Collins was invited to join the United States Office of War Information (OWI). Commissioned to show ‘ordinary’ American life and how people were supporting the war effort on the home front, OWI photographers played a role in the propaganda war at home and abroad. On assignment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a major industrial and manufacturing hub supplying American forces during the Second World War, Collins captured this morale-boosting photograph of a jubilant newspaper vendor. The headline of the day’s paper announces the news that Allied forces led by the United States have landed in Oran, Algeria, in an important strategic move against the Axis powers in North Africa.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
PH164-1975
Department
International Photography
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