[two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]

[two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]

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[two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]
Titles
  • [two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]
Date1970s–1980s
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 3 1/2 × 4 7/8 in. (8.9 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.462
Not on view

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Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.

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Seething banks of smoke envelop the stern of the FRANKLIN as flames race through the interior of the ship. Men of the Cruiser SANTA FE watch in fascinated horror as they await the opportunity to lend a hand. Burning gasoline escapes out of the side of the ship, while a group of survivors clambore down a cargo net at the far left.
Al Bullock
Seething banks of smoke envelop the stern of the FRANKLIN as flames race through the interior of the ship. Men of the Cruiser SANTA FE watch in fascinated horror as they await the opportunity to lend a hand. Burning gasoline escapes out of the side of the ship, while a group of survivors clambore down a cargo net at the far left.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.8
Picture taken at the instant of a high order detonation on port side. Note debris in air and firefighters running to escape. Note topmast broken at radar platform level.
Al Bullock
Picture taken at the instant of a high order detonation on port side. Note debris in air and firefighters running to escape. Note topmast broken at radar platform level.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.10
Highlighted by an area of flame, smoke spreads a choking curtain over the stern of the carrier. Behind the pall scores of courageous men risked their lives as they exerted every effort to save their ship.
Al Bullock
Highlighted by an area of flame, smoke spreads a choking curtain over the stern of the carrier. Behind the pall scores of courageous men risked their lives as they exerted every effort to save their ship.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.11
Debris flies aloft after an explosion convulses the FRANKLIN...only one of a series of .....which dangered the ship anew, meant the loss of additional lives increased the long list of the shrined seeking to escape the ......of the blast, member of fire fighting detail fall back .. to return immediately and renew their assault against the flames.
Al Bullock
Debris flies aloft after an explosion convulses the FRANKLIN...only one of a series of .....which dangered the ship anew, meant the loss of additional lives increased the long list of the shrined seeking to escape the ......of the blast, member of fire fighting detail fall back .. to return immediately and renew their assault against the flames.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.9
The list of the FRANKLIN affords an unusually clear vision of the extent of the havoc on the flight deck. Tongues of flames run along the wooden surface as crewmen converge on the endangered area with firehose. Despite the appalling shock of the explosion, the undamaged guns went into action when the japanese loosed a follow-up aerial attack, and succeeded in driving the few away without sustaining further hits.
Al Bullock
The list of the FRANKLIN affords an unusually clear vision of the extent of the havoc on the flight deck. Tongues of flames run along the wooden surface as crewmen converge on the endangered area with firehose. Despite the appalling shock of the explosion, the undamaged guns went into action when the japanese loosed a follow-up aerial attack, and succeeded in driving the few away without sustaining further hits.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.15
Escapan entre las llamas (They escape through the flames) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Francisco de Goya
Escapan entre las llamas (They escape through the flames) from the series The Disasters of War (Los Desastres de la Guerra)
Published 1863
Aquatint on paper
BF.1979.63
Smoke & Flame
Rick Gardner
Smoke & Flame
2004
Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned
2009.1300
[man sitting on top of house roof reaching our toward plant with dog at bottom right]
[man sitting on top of house roof reaching our toward plant with dog at bottom right]
no date
Gelatin silver print
2014.508
Untitled (Smoke)
Frank Yamrus
Untitled (Smoke)
2007
Chromogenic print
2010.1971
[two men dressed the same standing with arms behind backs with landscape behind]
[two men dressed the same standing with arms behind backs with landscape behind]
1930s–1950s
Gelatin silver print
2014.421
Checked top, striped top and cap
Mahtab Hussain
Checked top, striped top and cap
2010, printed 2016
Chromogenic print
2016.295
A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.
Al Bullock
A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.16