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55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking
Samuel Bronston Productions, 1963
Acquisition Number: 2011.165.67
Medium: Movie Poster
Status: Copyrighted Image

This poster was designed by a former enlisted Marine who joined the Marine Corps in early 1945. Howard Terpning, a commercial artist and illustrator, designed the iconic postersfor The Sound of Music, Gone with the Wind, and The Guns of Navarrone. Terpning was also a civilian combat artist during the Vietnam War. He is best known for his paintings of Native Americans and the American West.