Daytona Beach, Florida. Young boy whose ambition is to become a soldier – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Daytona Beach, Florida. Young boy whose ambition is to become a soldier in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Daytona Beach, Florida. Young boy whose ambition is to become a soldier
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In February 1943, a young boy in Daytona Beach, Florida, was photographed with a caption stating his ambition to become a soldier. The image survives as a nitrate negative from the Office of War Information, the federal agency that produced wartime publicity and documentary photography during World War II. Its caption captures a common wartime attitude, as many American boys of the period grew up with military service on their minds. Nitrate film is chemically unstable and deteriorates over time, so surviving examples from this era are valuable for their rarity as well as their subject.
| Created / published | 1943 Feb. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller. |
| Genre | Nitrate negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | United States--Florida--Volusia County--Daytona Beach. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207169 |
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