A black-and-white photograph of a military parade, with soldiers lined up to the side watching.

"The Elderly Butcher Boy of Fascism Steps Out" Was the LIFE Caption for This Picture of Mussolini on Parade in May, 1940

Carl Mydans (1907-2004)

Date

1940, printed 1985
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

18 1/16 x 25 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
c. stamp: PHOTO BY \ CARL MYDANS
c. [orange sticker]
l.c. in ink: #6320 \ C-67-35 \ Rome 1940 \ at the Victor Emanuel [sic] Monument \ Muss [crossed out] Mussolini \ for tallen Italians in \ Abyssion [sic] War \ June 1940
c.r. in ink: [signed] Carl Mydans
l.r. stamp: CM
l.r. in ink: P.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

P1985.27.40
Copyright

© Carl Mydans/LIFE Magazine, Time Inc.

Location: Off view

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