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Robert Capa

The Chinese Used their Best Big Guns

1937

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Robert Capa

The Chinese Used their Best Big Guns

1937

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 × 280 mm. (14 × 11 in.) Image: 335 × 260 mm. (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number 1977.29.16
Published in "A Victory Makes Taierhchwang China's Most Famous Village," Life, Vol. 4, No. 21, May 23, 1938, p. 21
"[Sino-Japanese War]," Life, Vol. 4, No. 21, May 23, 1938, pp.

Artist

Robert Capa

1912–1953

American, born Hungary, 1913-1954
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