Portret van een onbekende man die aan geheugenverlies lijdt, anonymous, 1933

Title(s)

Portret van een onbekende man die aan geheugenverlies lijdt

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2018-1-20

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘4220741 [...] AUTHORITIES AT GALINGER HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON D.C., ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF A MAN IN HIS EARLY 60'S WHO WALKED INTO POLICE HEADQUARTERS SAYING HE COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT HIMSELF. HE TOLD HOS[ITAL PHYSICIANS HE THOUGHT HIS FIRST NAME WAS WILLIAM. LATER HET SAID WILLIAM MIGHT BE THE NAME OF HIS SON. THE ONLY MARK OF IDENTIFICATION WAS A COAT LABEL MARKED CLEVELAND O. HE WEIGHTS 183 POUNDS, IS 5 FEET 9,5 INCHES TALL AND HAS THIN GREY HAIR. HE IS SHOWN ABOVE. CREDIT LINE (ACME) 4/11/33’
• inscription: ‘REF. DEPT./ APR 15 1933/ N.E.A.’
• inscription: ‘Photo by/ ACME NEWSPICTURES INC./ 220 EAST 42ND St., NEW YORK CITY/ FROM SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU/ Room 211, 814 Mission St., San Francisco/ PLEASE CREDIT ''ACME PHOTOS''/ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION/ ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED/ FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN/ PERMISSION FROM US.’
• number: ‘17 3295’
• inscription: ‘Lost memory’

Artist

• anonymous
• ACME Newspictures Inc. (mentioned on object)
• Newspaper Enterprise Association (mentioned on object)

Place

United States of America

Dating

1933

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height c. 207 mm × width c. 152 mm
height 193 mm × width 146 mm

What

• anonymous historical person portrayed alone

Acquisition

purchase 1-Feb-2018

Copyright

Public domain