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Mother weeping after saying goodbye to her serviceman son at Pennsylvania Station

Alfred Eisenstaedt, American (born Germany), (December 6, 1898–August 23, 1995)

Creation date: 1943

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Photographic prints

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print

Credit Line: Gift of Jacki and Ken Widder

Accession Number: 2009.215

Dimensions: 13 3/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (33.97 cm x 27.31 cm)

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Life and Legacy 2019:

These three pictures were published in a Life photo-essay entitled A Soldier’s Farewell. In it, brief captions recount the “great and unconvincing show of being casual” and that “the look of goodbye hides nothing…what the people feel…shows clearly on their faces.”

The center image depicts the same couple featured on the cover of the April 19, 1943, issue of Life in the adjacent display case. The young woman depicted with “clear-eyed courage” in the first photograph has here become emotional as she sends off her new husband—they had married just four days prior.
Last Updated: 3/13/2019

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Women, War and Industry The San Diego Museum of Art , 10/19/2013 - 2/18/2014

Alfred Eisenstaedt: Life and Legacy San Diego Museum of Art , 4/12/2019 - 7/14/2019

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