Sergeant Glen Fitzgerald, USMC
Danger...Gremlin at Work

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Danger...Gremlin at Work
  • Many fliers have blamed bad landings and getting lost on the Gremlins but Marine Corps engineers in the south Pacific have proof that the work they did the day before has been torn down or fouled up by Gremlins. After patiently waiting in ambush the photographer caught one at work before the Marines had finished. What really happened was a bug crawling into the camera and being taken between the lens and the film when this picture was taken.
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (22.4 × 17.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23 × 17.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2017.266
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right center: A1740
Stamped in purple ink, verso: DANGER…GREMLIN AT WORK---Many fliers have blamed bad // landings and getting lost on the Gremlins but Marine // Corps engineers in the south Pacific have proof // that the work they did the day before has been torn // down or fouled up by Gremlins [Gremlins is circled in pencil with a check mark]. After patiently waiting // in ambush the photographer caught one at work before // the Marines had finished. What really happened was a // bug crawling into the camera and being between the lens and the film when this picture was taken. // Hdqtrs. No: 63.238 [arrow drawn in blue pencil] // DIST. LIST 2 &4 // WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE // OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO // BY Sgt. Glen Fitzgerald, USMC.
Stamped in blue ink, verso: REF. DEPT. // 1-7 44 // N.E.A.

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