CPhoM R. Woodward, USNR
Religious services under the blasted flight deck of the USS Franklin

Religious services under the blasted flight deck of the USS Franklin
Religious services under the blasted flight deck of the USS Franklin
ArtistAmerican, birthdate not known
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Religious services under the blasted flight deck of the USS Franklin
DateMarch 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 × 13 1/2 in. (27.1 × 34.3 cm)
 Sheet: 11 1/4 × 13 15/16 in. (28.6 × 35.4 cm)
 Frame (outer): 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (46.7 × 56.9 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Object number2007.113
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
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
Marked in pencil on verso upper right: "Ill. p. 88, "USN War Photographers," Sterdien (?) / Photo by C PhoM(?) R. Woodward, USNR / USS Franklin / 750."

Marked in pencil on verso, sideways, left of center: "Br..d..(?) 600394"

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