Object Details
- photographer
- Mydans, Carl
- Description
- When World War II broke out in 1939, LIFE magazine sent Carl Mydans and his wife Shelley overseas to document the unfolding events as a photographer/reporter team. The two began by covering the siege in London. They then moved on to Finland where Mydans was first exposed to combat. After a short stay in Italy, they traveled to France where they witnessed its fall to Nazi Germany.
- Mydans' words describe the scene: "Each war begins where the last one left off." French soldiers in May 1940 could be mistaken for the poilus or infantrymen of 1914 as they straggle past a shelled village near Verdun after the German breakthrough at Sedan.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1940-05
- 1940
- ID Number
- 2005.0228.059
- accession number
- 2005.0228
- catalog number
- 2005.0228.059
- Object Name
- Photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- France: Grand Est, Verdun
- Related Publication
- Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Military
- Photography
- Carl Mydans
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1303313
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-f9c9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
