Memories of World War II: Photographs From the Archives of the Associated Press

The Old Courthouse Museum is proud to present the traveling exhibit Memories of World War II, Photographs from the Archives of The Associated Press, scheduled to open September 2nd and run through October 26th, 2008.
  
As veterans of World War II converged on Washington for the dedication of a memorial to global victory six decades ago, their achievements and sacrifice were further recalled in an exhibit of photographs from the archives of The Associated Press.  Memories of World War II opened May 24, 2004 to the public at Washington's Union Station, a week before the National World War II Memorial was ceremonially christened on the Mall.
    
The AP exhibit is a spectrum of 126 photos from all theaters of the war and the home front, ranging from AP photographer Joe Rosenthal's classic Iwo Jima flag raising in 1945 to scores of pictures not seen in decades.
   
 "As far as we know, all of the pictures were transmitted at some time on AP wires, but some probably have not been touched since the war," said Charles Zoeller, curator of the exhibit and an accompanying book, and chief of AP's vast photo library.

 

Courtesy of The Associated Press

Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri