Portret van een onbekende man die aan geheugenverlies lijdt

anonymous, 1933

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2018-1-20
  • Dimensionsheight 207 mm x width 152 mm, height 193 mm x width 146 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portret van een onbekende man die aan geheugenverlies lijdt

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2018-1-20

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘4220741
      [...]
      AUTHORITIES AT GALINGER HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON D.C., ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF A MAN IN HIS EARLY 60'S WHO WALKED INTO POLICE HEADQUARTERS SAYING HE COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT HIMSELF. HE TOLD HOS[ITAL PHYSICIANS HE THOUGHT HIS FIRST NAME WAS WILLIAM. LATER HET SAID WILLIAM MIGHT BE THE NAME OF HIS SON. THE ONLY MARK OF IDENTIFICATION WAS A COAT LABEL MARKED CLEVELAND O. HE WEIGHTS 183 POUNDS, IS 5 FEET 9,5 INCHES TALL AND HAS THIN GREY HAIR. HE IS SHOWN ABOVE.
      CREDIT LINE (ACME) 4/11/33’
    • number: ‘17 3295’
    • inscription: ‘REF. DEPT./ APR 15 1933/ N.E.A.’
    • inscription: ‘Lost memory’
    • inscription: ‘Photo by/ ACME NEWSPICTURES INC./ 220 EAST 42ND St., NEW YORK CITY/ FROM SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU/ Room 211, 814 Mission St., San Francisco/ PLEASE CREDIT ''ACME PHOTOS''/ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION/ ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED/ FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN/ PERMISSION FROM US.’

Creation

  • Creation

    • photographer: anonymous, United States of America
    • photographer: ACME Newspictures Inc. (mentioned on object), United States of America
    • supplier: Newspaper Enterprise Association (mentioned on object), United States of America
  • Dating

    1933

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  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

  • Dimensions

    • height 207 mm x width 152 mm
    • height 193 mm x width 146 mm

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