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EISENHOWER, Dwight David (1890-1969), MACARTHUR, Douglas (1880-1964), SHAFER, Thomas (1910-1986). Photograph signed (“Douglas Macarthur” and “Dwight Eisenhower”), Tokyo, May 1946.
258 x 190mm, signed in the bottom edge of the image, photographer’s stamp on verso, glazed and framed (light wear at corners; not examined out of the frame).
A signed photograph of the two generals in Japan during Eisenhower’s 1946 visit. Combat photographer Tom Shafer spent most of World War II in the Pacific, taking official pictures of MacArthur, including his wading ashore on Leyte for his “I have returned” landing in the Philippines, and during his time in Japan. This photograph appeared in newspapers on 2 June 1946. Provenance: Thomas Shafer (d.1986).
258 x 190mm, signed in the bottom edge of the image, photographer’s stamp on verso, glazed and framed (light wear at corners; not examined out of the frame).
A signed photograph of the two generals in Japan during Eisenhower’s 1946 visit. Combat photographer Tom Shafer spent most of World War II in the Pacific, taking official pictures of MacArthur, including his wading ashore on Leyte for his “I have returned” landing in the Philippines, and during his time in Japan. This photograph appeared in newspapers on 2 June 1946. Provenance: Thomas Shafer (d.1986).