Unknown Photographer Raising the Flag, 1949

Vintage silver gelatin press print, image: 17.5 x 23.2cm, sheet size: 20.2 x 25.5cm, titled and annotated in pencil and crayon in various hands verso. Note: Most probably taken on the set of Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), depicting a staged recreation of the 1945 iconic flag-raising scene made famous by Joe Rosenthal?s photograph. The marking ?1769-78? corresponds to Republic Pictures? production number 1769 for the film.

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