Iconic vintage matte-finish 10.25 x 13.25 photo of the flag raising atop Mt. Suribachi during Battle of Iwo Jima, affixed to its original mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, "To G. Lynn Sumner, with best wishes, from Joe Rosenthal, A.P.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 16.5 x 20.5. In visually very good to fine condition, with some light wrinkling to the top of the image, and extensive damage to the mount which has been matted out to show only the signature and inscription beneath the image (a light stain touches the inscription, and there is still evidence of cracking to the mount under Rosenthal's signature). This classic photograph is much larger than usually seen, and boasts an appealing signature from the same time period—a rare piece of World War II history.
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