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The Showers (BOND 0140), Akyab Island by Frank Bond

1940–1959

The Showers (BOND 0140), Akyab Island

MNI Take

The photograph is crowded, wet and matter-of-fact. That ordinariness is precisely what makes it useful beside the era’s polished studio nudes.

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Catalog, source & rights details

Catalog titleThe Showers (BOND 0140), Akyab Island

Date1945

Model / subjectAdult U.S. Army / 40th Photo Squadron servicemen

LocationAkyab Island, Myanmar

AttributionNo

Era1940–1959

ThemesMilitary, Shower, Documentary, 1940s

Rights / licenseU.S. Army official-duty photograph / U.S. public domain

Publication statusReady to Publish — Free

Publication noteGREEN — Publishable now. U.S. Army official-duty photograph / U.S. public domain Caution: Credit photographer/unit/source even where not legally required.

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