Cheerful mother of hostage patiently awaits his return.

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PHOTO NUMBER:

PC-53478

CHEERFUL MOTHER OF HOSTAGE PATIENTLY AWAITS HIS RETURN

KRAKOW, Mo.--Toni Sickmann, of Krakow, Mo., mother of U.S. Marine

Rodney V. Sickmann -- one of the 50 hostages being held in the American

Embassy in Teheran -- displays her faith, patriotism and good cheer on

Mar. 27, as she smiles from a decorated window of her home.

She plans to leave the Christmas touches in place for a

delayed celebration when her son returns home.

Credit Must Read:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO

(Reproduction Rights Not Transferable) (A-KRA-3D-80-JH)

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Title: Cheerful mother of hostage patiently awaits his return.
Description: Toni Sickmann, mother of U.S. Marine Rodney V. Sickmann -- one of the 50 hostages being held in the American Embassy in Tehran -- displays her faith, patriotism, and good cheer on as she smiles from a decorated window of her home.
Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date: 1980
March 27, 1980
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Sickmann, Toni.
Sickmann, Rodney V.
Topics: Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Geographic subject: Missouri.
North and Central America--United States--Franklin--Missouri--Krakow
Geographic subject: Missouri.
Form: photographs
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1054, Box 52, image no. PC-53478; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-53478
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:148472