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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’ - 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.’
- inscription: ‘REF. DEPT./ APR 15 1933/ N.E.A.’
- inscription: ‘Lost memory’
- number: ‘17 3295’
- inscription: ‘4220741
Creation
Creation
- photographer: anonymous, United States of America
- photographer: ACME Newspictures Inc. (mentioned on object), United States of America
- leverancier: 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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Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 2018-02-01
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