• 21 Aug, 2019

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This formerly was a featured picture on the Arabic language Wikipedia (صور مختارة) and was considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.  This formerly was a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and was considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.  This formerly was a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia (نگاره‌های برگزیده) and was considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here.

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In the Winter 2004, Vol. 36, No. 4 of the National Archives magazine, Prologue, named this image one of its top ten requested images

The other 10 were:

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  Picture of Elvis and Nixon not one of the 10 but mentioned in the article
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  Shot of American forces during the en:Battle of Normandy
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  Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at Yalta in February 1945
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  USS Shaw exploding
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  Atomic Bomb named Fat Man is the codename of the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki
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  Lt. Victor Jorgenson's picture of the VJ Day Kiss at Times Square
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  We Can Do It! Poster
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  Result of Slave whipping
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  Ansel Adams, The Tetons and the Snake River
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  March on Washington, August 28, 1963, shows civil rights and union leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Walter Reuther

• Iwo Jima flag raising

1. ↑ By Ellen Fried (Winter 2004
   date QS:P,+2004-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720553
   , Vol. 36, No. 4). From Pearl Harbor to Elvis: Images That Endure. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.