Vietnamese Countryside As Seen Over An M-60 Machine Gun

Artist Don Coughlin

Date1964

ClassificationsPhotograph

MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print

Dimensions7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.

Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl

Object number2021.0546

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