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DescriptionTragedy by the Sea.jpg	English: "Tragedy by the Sea", photograph of John & Lillian McDonald minutes after their 19-month-old son, Michael, was swept out to sea and presumably drowned in Hermosa Beach, California. This photograph won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. Русский: «Трагедия у моря», фотография молодой пары на пляже Эрмоса-Бич в Калифорнии, сделанная через пару минут после того, как их девятнадцатимесячного сына Майкла унесло волнами. Фотография получила Пулитцеровскую премию за выдающуюся фотографию 1955 года.
Date	Taken on 2 April 1954
Source	Los Angeles Times, April 3, 1954, via Newspapers.com. Republished by Radio Patriot, "Drama at the Beach", April 23, 2011. Cropped from source image to reflect the portions that were published in newspapers in 1954.
Author	John L. Gaunt
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:03, 7 January 2024	363 × 400 (69 KB)	Toohool	no, this is the original uploaded version. if you need a different version, it is to be uploaded as a new file.
	20:58, 5 January 2024	1,300 × 867 (226 KB)	Lightburst	Reverted to version as of 20:33, 14 March 2022 (UTC) Restoring full image, if a crop is needed one can be extracted and uploaded as "other version" of this imgae
	18:27, 19 March 2022	363 × 400 (69 KB)	Toohool	Reverted to version as of 05:02, 2 April 2020 (UTC) - it's cropped to reflect how the photo was actually published in newspapers & copyright status of uncropped version is quesitonable
	20:33, 14 March 2022	1,300 × 867 (226 KB)	Lallint	Uncropped and higher resolution
	05:02, 2 April 2020	363 × 400 (69 KB)	Toohool	Uploaded a work by w:John L. Gaunt from ''Los Angeles Times'', April 3, 1954, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47839716/beach-home-toddler-feared-drowned-in-sea/ via Newspapers.com]. Republished by ''Radio Patriot'', "[https://radiopatriot.net/2011/04/23/drama-at-the-beach/ Drama at the Beach]", April 23, 2011. with UploadWizard