American U.S.O. center in Saigon, barricaded with sandbags to protect against Viet Cong terrorist bombings

Larry Burrows

Date

1964
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 13 7/16 x 9 in.
Sheet: 13 7/16 x 9 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, verso:
u.l. in graphite: USO
u.c. in graphite: 111 / C6-19
c.r. in blue ink stamp: LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / L. Burrows / Property of Life Magazine Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / Take No. 1 / Date 3-7-64 / Set No. 70111-A [graphite] / Story & Location Vietnam: American on Spot / Reporter / Dept. / No. of Prints / BLACK & WHITE FILM / 35 mm 16 / 120 / Pack / Cut / COLOR FILM / 35 mm 3 Koda 32kta / 120 / Cut
c. in red ink stamp: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION
l.l. in graphite: X / Vietnam - Politics - Revolutions - / Viet Cong / (x USAF - in FC - Vietnam - Recreation [erased] / (American U.S.O. center / in Saigon, Vietnam, Guarded / with Sandbags, as protection / against Viet Cong terrorist bombings)
Accession Number

P2025.18
Copyright

© Larry Burrows Estate

Location: Off view

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