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[Curtis E. LeMay, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right; holding cigar, in front of map in U.S. Capitol] – Historic Map Reproduction

[Curtis E. LeMay, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right; holding cigar, in front of map in U.S. Capitol], 1945 July 2. — historic photograph
[Curtis E. LeMay, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right; holding cigar, in front of map in U.S. Capitol], 1945 July 2.. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Curtis E. LeMay, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right; holding cigar, in front of map in U.S. Capitol], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Curtis LeMay stands in front of a map inside the U.S. Capitol, a cigar in hand, in this 1945 Acme news portrait taken in profile. The setting is worth noticing: the map and the cigar suggest a military briefing, a fitting backdrop for a commander whose B-29 bomber campaign against Japan had reshaped the air war that year. Acme's wire photographs were circulated to newspapers across the country, so pictures like this one reached readers quickly as the war in the Pacific approached its end.

Created / published1945 July 2.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesPhotograph by Acme. No. 42443-PME.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,112 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161421

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