Launching the USS Yorktown
Dateabout 1943
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 19.5 x 24 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.6 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.6 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
MarkingsOn verso: U.S. Navy stamps in blue ink: "(This is Print No. in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) | Exhibition Print No. 33 (TR-4312) | LAUNCHING - The USS YORKTOWN, kicking up a bow wave as she speeds into the wind, laucnes one of her Avenger torpedo bombers. | WATCH YOUR CREDIT | "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" | The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commerical advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed."
Stamp in black ink: "POWER IN THE PACIFIC | Battle Photographs of our Navy in | Action on the Sea and in the Sky. | Jan. 24, 1945,-Mar. 18, 1945 | The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 St., New York"
In black ink: "Please return to Worcester Art Museum".
Credit LineTransfer from Museum Archives
Terms
Object number2003.127
Provenancetransferred from the museum archivesOn View
Not on view
