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Joe Rosenthal: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Photographer



Alternative names	Joseph John Rosenthal; Joe Rosenthal/Times World Wide Photos
Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	9 October 1911	20 August 2006
Location of birth/death	Washington, D.C.	Novato
Authority file	: Q352870 VIAF: 77171919 ISNI: 0000000055402139 ULAN: 500333525 LCCN: n95104706 NAID: 10573581 WorldCat

Title

Photograph of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima

Part of

General Records of the Department of the Navy (NAID 409)

Object type

photograph / version, edition or translation

Description

English: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal.

Depicted people

Date

23 February 1945

Publication date

25 February 1945

Collection

National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
	Website	www.archives.gov
	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

Accession number

NWDNS-80-G-413988 (National Archives and Records Administration)

Object location

24° 45′ 01″ N, 141° 17′ 20″ E

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Place of creation

Mount Suribachi

References

Authority file

: Q117693
NAID: 520748

Source

http://www.medina-gazette.com/ArchivesArchives/2017/10/09/ direct link

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English: U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Today is the United States Marine Corps birthday on which it turns 250 years old.

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English: U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Today is the United States Marine Corps birthday on which it turns 250 years old.

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Camera manufacturer	Kodak
Camera model	iQSmart 3
Date and time of data generation	1307161143
Credit/Provider	AP
Source	AP
Image title	FILE - In this Feb 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, which would have been Joe Rosenthal's 106th birthday, a group will deliver their petition with over 2,000 signatures and a letter requesting a future USS Joe Rosenthal to Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, who is responsible for naming ships. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)
Author	STF, Joe Rosenthal
Short title	Iwo Jima Photo
City shown	Iwo Jima
Copyright holder	Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Width	3,129 px
Height	2,444 px
Bits per component	8
Compression scheme	Uncompressed
Pixel composition	Black and white (Black is 0)
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	1
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Macintosh
File change date and time	15:21, 27 September 2017
Color space	Uncalibrated
Category	I
Writer	XSS JM KS ER
Special instructions	A FEB. 23, 1945 FILE PHOTO
Original transmission location code	FX401
Date metadata was last modified	00:00, 9 October 2017
Date and time of digitizing	22:21, 27 September 2017
Rating (out of 5)	5
Supplemental categories	FILE
Country shown	JPN
Urgency	5
Code for country shown	JPN

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