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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.

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.
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.
ArtistAmerican, 1923–2019
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 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.
DateMarch 19, 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.6 × 24 cm)
 Sheet: 8 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.8 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Andrew Groocock
Object number2022.641.16
Not on view

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

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