ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Color photographic print dedicated to U.S. Air Force Colonel (Col) William Earl Cooper. The image captured is that of a young, caucasian American girl, Elizabeth; Col Cooper's granddaughter. A handwritten inscription at the reverse surface of the photo from Col Cooper's daughter, Amy, informs Col Cooper that although he will never see the little girl in the photograph that she is beautiful and her mother misses and loves him very much. The artifact was left at The Wall by Col Cooper's daughter, Amy, on July 19, 1986.

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT ASSEMBLAGE DEDICATED TO U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL (COL) WILLIAM EARL COOPER AND COMPRISED OF: COMPONENT (A) COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT AND COMPONENT (B) OPAQUE POLY-PLASTIC PHOTOGRAPH SLEEVE. COMPONENT (A) COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC, STUDIO PORTRAIT PRINT (PORTRAIT ORIENTATION) UPON A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SHEET OF WHITE PHOTO PAPER, WITH A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED WHITE BORDER CIRCUMSCRIBING THE IMAGE SURFACE. THE IMAGE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT FEATURES AN INFANT CAUCASIAN GIRL (APPROX. SIX (6) MONTHS OLD) IN FRONT OF A PLAIN, GRAY, NONDESCRIPT STUDIO BACKDROP, LYING ATOP A PINK BLANKET WITH A BLUE, PINK, AND WHITE CROCHETED AFGHAN BLANKET OVER HER HEAD, FACING THE CAMERA AND SMILING, AND WEARING A WHITE CHECKERED NIGHTGOWN TRIMMED IN LACE. AT THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, A HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTION IN PINK INK AND CURSIVE SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS IS ADDRESSED, "DADDY", IS SIGNED, "I LOVE YOU!! / AMY", IS DEDICATED, "MISSING 4/24/66 / WILLIAM E. COOPER, USAF", IS DATED, "7/19/86", AND INFORMS COL COOPER THAT ALTHOUGH HE WILL NEVER SEE THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPH (COL COOPER'S GRANDDAUGHTER) THAT SHE IS BEAUTIFUL AND HER MOTHER (COL COOPER'S DAUGHTER) MISSES HIM. COMPONENT (B) OPAQUE POLY-PLASTIC PHOTOGRAPH SLEEVE. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, OPAQUE POLY-PLASTIC SLEEVE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (COMPONENT (A)), BEARING HEAT-SEALED EDGES, A FROSTED APPEARANCE, AND THE REMNANTS OF ADHESIVE SCOTCH TAPE AFFIXED TO THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES. COMPONENT (A) WAS ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED HOUSED INSIDE COMPONENT (B).

Text of the handwritten inscription at the reverse object surface of COMPONENT (A) is transcribed in full, as follows: "Daddy, / You will never see Elizabeth but she's a beauty!! / I Love You!! / Amy / 7/19/86 / XXXOOO / I miss you! / missing 4/24/66 / William E. Cooper, USAF"

Item Weight: 1.0g (Weight of COMPONENT (A) only)
Item Length: 7.75cm
Item Width: 5.25cm