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.

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.
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.
ArtistAmerican, 1923–2019
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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.
DateMarch 19, 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
 Sheet: 7 11/16 × 10 in. (19.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Ken Beasley
Object number2022.641.9
Not on view

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Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Annapolis Maritime Antiques
, Annapolis, MD]; purchased by Will Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2022.

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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
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
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
At Wasalabad high above West Kabul. It has taken 26 men from the Mine Detection Centre and four de-mining dogs more than three months to clear mines from an area the size of a few soccer pitches. Kabul’s rapid expansion has increased pressure for building land. Mined areas that were once marginal are now in demand for house construction.
Simon Norfolk
At Wasalabad high above West Kabul. It has taken 26 men from the Mine Detection Centre and four de-mining dogs more than three months to clear mines from an area the size of a few soccer pitches. Kabul’s rapid expansion has increased pressure for building land. Mined areas that were once marginal are now in demand for house construction.
2010–2011, printed September 2011
Chromogenic print
2016.224.44
A First Lesson in The Art of War. Recruits For The Two Additional Artillery Regiments At Fort Slocum, Davids Island, Long Island Sound
Frederic Remington
A First Lesson in The Art of War. Recruits For The Two Additional Artillery Regiments At Fort Slocum, Davids Island, Long Island Sound
March 26, 1898
Wood engravings on newsprint
91.1430.236
A First Lesson in The Art of War. Recruits For The Two Additional Artillery Regiments At Fort Slocum, Davids Island, Long Island Sound
Frederic Remington
A First Lesson in The Art of War. Recruits For The Two Additional Artillery Regiments At Fort Slocum, Davids Island, Long Island Sound
March 26, 1898
Wood engravings on newsprint
91.1430.235
Shakhrisyabz Suzani
Unknown Central Asian
Shakhrisyabz Suzani
c. 1800
Cotton; embroidered with silk thread
2016.83
The USS Franklin, blasted by a Japanese dive-bomber in March 1945, lists sharply to starboard as the USS Santa Fe approaches.
Al Bullock
The USS Franklin, blasted by a Japanese dive-bomber in March 1945, lists sharply to starboard as the USS Santa Fe approaches.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.7
List I
Annette Lawrence
List I
1996
Ink and graphite on paper
2003.84
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
List of plates
Pentti Sammallahti
List of plates
1996
Printing ink on paper
98.344.17
[two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]
Unknown
[two firefighters on top of roof with smoke and flames behind]
1970s–1980s
Chromogenic print
2014.462