Hellcat Given Takeoff Signal

Artist Unknown American Photographer, active 1943–1946

Dateabout 1943

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensionssheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.)
image: 17 x 24 cm (6 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

MarkingsOn verso: U.S. Navy stamp in blue ink: (This is Print No. 32 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) | FILE NO: TR-8029 | GO SIGN - The landing signal officer flags takeoff signal to pilot of a Navy Hellcat. Abeam is another Essex-class carrier, and beyond a battleship. | 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 number2003.131

Provenancetransferred from the museum archives

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