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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.555
People
Peter Arnett, American (Riverton, New Zealand born 1934)
Title
Looking At A New Home: Vietnamese orphans crowd the windows of a World Airways DC8 as it flies them to their new home — the United States. Fifty-five of the children were airlifted from Saigon to the U.S. where most will meet their new families
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1975
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374237

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
17.1 × 20 cm (6 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Doug and Joan Hansen, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Doug and Joan Hansen
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.555
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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