Pearl Harbor, taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. Wreckage at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Harbor, taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. Wreckage at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.

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Pearl Harbor, taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. Wreckage at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pearl Harbor, taken by surprise, during the Japanese aerial attack. Wreckage at Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor.
  • Sailors at Naval Air Station Ford Island Watch as USS SHAW Explodes, Pearl Harbor
DateDecember 7, 1941
PlaceHawaii, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.4 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Rocky Haggard and his shipmates who survived the terrorist bombing of the U.S.S. COLE
Object number2005.1552
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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso upper edge: "WWII PEARL HARBOR"
Printed back labels:
"CULVER PICTURES, INC. / 150 West 22nd Street - 3rd Floor / New York, NY 100011-2421 / 212 645-1672 / This picture is loaned for one-time reproduction / only... Use barcoade number in all correspondence. / ..."

"(barcode) / WWI004 CP001 013 WorldWar II: Pearl Harbor / Origin: Culver Pictures Inc Old # / World War II: Pearl Harbor - Dec 7, 1941 Japanese Air Attack / on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii"

"Pearl Harbor / December 7, 1941"

Stamped on verso:
"This Picture is loaned for / one reproduction only. Must not be used for advertising without / written permission...."

"710"

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