1297. JOSEPH ROSENTHAL American press photographer who covered the Pacific during World War II, took the famous photograph of Marines hoisting the flag on Iwo Jima. A fine Rosenthal item, 5" x 7" color image showing a painting based on his famous photograph of American Marines hoisting the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, bearing a bold inscription in his hand beneath image: "copied from photo by Associate Press photographer Joseph Rosenthal Feb. 23, 1945". Fine. $200-300