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Pulitzer Prize for Photography Captions
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1942
The Picket Line (first Pulitzer Prize for photography)
United Auto Workers strike at the Ford Motor Co. factory in Detroit, April 3, 1941, by Milton Brooks, The Detroit News.
Credit: The Detroit News
1945
Old Glory Goes Up Mount Suribachi
U.S. Marines raise American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima in the South Pacific, Feb. 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal, The Associated Press.
Credit: The Associated Press
1949
Babe Ruth Retires No. 3
Babe Ruth retires his uniform #3, at Yankee stadium on June 13, 1948, by Nat Fein,
New York Herald Tribune.
Credit: Nat Fein Estate
1958
Faith and Confidence
Policeman leans down to speak to a young boy at a parade in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 1957, by William C. Beall, Washington Daily News.
Credit: Scripps Howard News Service
1964
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald in the police garage on November 24, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, by Robert H. Jackson, Dallas Times Herald.
Credit: Robert H. Jackson
1968
The Kiss of Life
Electric lineman resuscitates injured colleague in Jacksonville, Fla., July 17, 1967, by Rocco Morabito, Jacksonville Journal.
Credit: Rocco Morabito
1971
Kent State Massacre
Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller after he was shot by the National Guard at Kent State University May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, by John Paul Filo, Valley Daily News & Daily Dispatch.
Credit: John Paul Filo
1974
Burst of Joy
POW returns from Vietnam and is greeted by his family on March 17, 1973 at
Travis Air Force Base, California, by Slava Veder, The Associated Press.
Credit: The Associated Press
1977
The Soiling of Old Glory
Demonstration at City Hall in Boston, April 6, 1976, by Stanley J. Forman, Boston Herald American.
Credit: Stanley J. Forman
1985
Olympics in Los Angeles
Teammates greet swimmer Rowdy Gaines after his gold medal win at the Los Angeles Olympics, Aug. 12, 1984, by Hal Stoelzle, The Orange County Register.
Credit: The Orange County Register
1993
Olympics in Barcelona
The Nigerian Women’s 4X100 celebrate their surprise bronze medal at the Olympics in Barcelona, July 1992, by Ken Geiger, The Dallas Morning News.
Credit: Ken Geiger, William Snyder and The Dallas Morning News
1996
Oklahoma City Bombing
Taken after the Oklahoma City bombing, a one-year-old victim is cradled by a local fireman, April 19,1995, by Charles Porter IV, an amateur photographer.
Credit: Charles Porter IV
2000
Columbine
Shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., April 20, 1999, by George Kochaniec Jr., Rocky Mountain News.
Credit: Rocky Mountain News
2001
Elian
Elian Gonzalez being seized by federal agents on April 22, 2000 in Miami, Florida, by Alan Diaz, The Associated Press.
Credit: The Associated Press
2002
World Trade Center Attack
The World Trade Center is attacked on September 11, 2001 in New York City, by Steve Ludlum, The New York Times.
Credit: New York Times/ Steve Ludlum
2004A
Monrovia Under Seige
A woman waiting to flee refugee camp under seige, on July 11, 2003 outside Monrovia, Liberia,
by Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times.
Credit: Los Angeles Time/Carolyn Cole
2004B
En Route to Baghdad
Mail call for a weary soldier en route to Baghdad in April 2003,
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News.
Credit: The Dallas Morning News/Cheryl Diaz Meyer
2006
Katrina
Huricane Katrina left a family stranded on a rooftop with a pleas for help scrawled with a last scrap of chalk, by Smiely Poole, The Dallas Morning News.
Credit: The Dallas Morning News/ Smiley Poole
2007
Storming the Barricades
A Jewish Settler struggles with an Israeli security officer during clashes that erupted as authorities evacuated the West Bank settlement outpost of Amona, Feb. 1, 2006, by Oded Balilty/ The Associated Press.
Credit: The Associated Press
Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs was developed by the Newseum, the interactive
museum of news, in association with Business of Entertainment, Inc., NYC, Cyma Rubin, curator.
