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[Leipzig's city treasurer, and his wife and daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to US troops, Leipzig]
[Leipzig's city treasurer, and his wife and daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to US troops, Leipzig]

[Leipzig's city treasurer, and his wife and daughter after taking poison to avoid surrender to US troops, Leipzig]

Artist (American, 1904–1971)
Date1945 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 inches (38.7 × 38.7 cm);
Mount (Matted): 22 1/16 × 27 15/16 inches (56 × 71 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
  • Photographs
  • Gelatin silver prints
  • Chandeliers
  • Death
  • Desks
  • Murder
  • Offices
  • Suicide
Object number65.589
Collections
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