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"When Liberation Came" by Eddie Adams / Associated Press — VisualArtsDB

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"When Liberation Came"

Eddie Adams / Associated Press

1944

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 × 8 1/4" (15.3 × 21 cm)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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President William Green (1873-1952) of the AF of L, Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Kennedy, and John Llewellyn Lewis (1880-1969) of the UMW at the 31st Constitutional Convention of the UMW, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Eddie Adams / Associated Press, 1945

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Title from caption on object: “Joe's Job Done”

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Title from caption on object: “Martian Masquerade in Cases at Edgewood Arsenal”

Eddie Adams / Associated Press, 1939

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Title from caption on object: "Armstrong on Moon”

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Title from caption on object: “Mrs. Kennedy Returns to Capital”

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