William Seaman
Illustration — "Wheels of Death", Seaman's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph William Casper Seaman (January 19, 1925 – December 6, 1997) was an American photographer from Grand Island, Nebraska. He was photographer for the Minneapolis Star from 1945 to 1982.
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William Seaman
William Seaman · Minneapolis Morning Tribune, May 17, 1958, " Too Late—The Doctor Walked Away ". Republished by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 21, 2017, " Timeline: A look at history of Star Tribune ". Cropped fr · Public domain
- Born
- William Seaman was born on 19 January 1925.
- Died
- William Seaman died on 6 December 1997.
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- United States
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- photographer · journalist
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Photography
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Illustration — "Wheels of Death", Seaman's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph William Casper Seaman (January 19, 1925 – December 6, 1997) was an American photographer from Grand Island, Nebraska. He was photographer for the Minneapolis Star from 1945 to 1982.
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1925
William Seaman was born on 19 January 1925.
1997
William Seaman died on 6 December 1997.
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