Margaret Bourke-White
Navy Signalman using semaphore flags as he communicates with another ship while Signalmen handle the signal flag hoists on board the USS Maryland, San Pedro, CA

Navy Signalman using semaphore flags as he communicates with another ship while Signalmen handle the signal flag hoists on board the USS Maryland, San Pedro, CA

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Navy Signalman using semaphore flags as he communicates with another ship while Signalmen handle the signal flag hoists on board the USS Maryland, San Pedro, CA
Navy Signalman using semaphore flags as he communicates with another ship while Signalmen handle the signal flag hoists on board the USS Maryland, San Pedro, CA
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Navy Signalman using semaphore flags as he communicates with another ship while Signalmen handle the signal flag hoists on board the USS Maryland, San Pedro, CA
Date1939, printed c. 1939
Place depictedSan Pedro, California, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 10 1/8 in. (34.2 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (34.3 × 26 cm)
Frame (outer): 22 3/8 × 18 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (56.9 × 46.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by C. Berdon Lawrence at "One Great Night in November, 2010," in honor of his wife, Rolanette Lawrence; his aunt, Louise "No-No" Davidson; and his uncle, June Davidson, who served in the Navy in World War II
Object number2011.244
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery LLC, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink and pencil on verso:
5120 - B / #4 (in a circle), U.S. S. Maryland, #731448, Nat'l Defense / #5750, negs. { P17-4, S.S. / 50 / 25 (ea. in a rectangle), PF84201
Photographer's credit stamp verso center
Stamped on verso twice:
© Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / no reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.

Artist stamp on verso center: PHOTO BY / MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE

Stamped on verso in a rectangle:
PERMISSION TO PUBLISH AND CREDITS /

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