Horace Bristol
A carrier silhouetted against the Atlantic horizon, en route to North Africa to take part in the Operation Torch landings in Morocco
Artist
Horace Bristol(American, 1908–1997)American, 1908–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
- A carrier silhouetted against the Atlantic horizon, en route to North Africa to take part in the Operation Torch landings in Morocco
DateNovember 1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of the photographer
Object number2009.442
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
Typed label on verso (see Accession file for complete copy of text:
"File No: GS-SIL-50-43089 RELEASED: September 23, 1943 / A U. S. Navy escort carrier, her deck loaded with sub-hunting WILDCATS and / AVENGERS, plows along at dusk. Using ships like this, with their brrods of / sharp-eyed, hard-hitting planes, the Navy is operating effectively against / German U-boats in the Atlantic."
"WATCH YOUR CREDIT / No objection to reproducing or publishing / ... credit line / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / ... "
"File No: GS-SIL-50-43089 RELEASED: September 23, 1943 / A U. S. Navy escort carrier, her deck loaded with sub-hunting WILDCATS and / AVENGERS, plows along at dusk. Using ships like this, with their brrods of / sharp-eyed, hard-hitting planes, the Navy is operating effectively against / German U-boats in the Atlantic."
"WATCH YOUR CREDIT / No objection to reproducing or publishing / ... credit line / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / ... "
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