Alfred Palmer
Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.
Artist
Alfred PalmerAmerican, 1906 - 1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Women aircraft workers finishing transparent bomber noses for fighter and reconnaissance planes at Douglas Aircraft Co. Plant in Long Beach, Calif.
Date1942
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of his sister, Genevieve Namerow
Object number2006.711
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Various pencil marks on verso:
"W.WII. Defense Plants." "Return (w/arrows re: Howard Flynn)" "Production - Planes - Parts" "...illegible p. 203..."
"W.WII. Defense Plants." "Return (w/arrows re: Howard Flynn)" "Production - Planes - Parts" "...illegible p. 203..."
Marked on verso five stamps:
" Please Credit "
"4760"
" This is a U.S. Government / photograph and MAY NOT BE USED / FOR ANY ADVERTISING PURPOSE / WITHOUT SPECIFIC CLEARANCE AND / PERMISSION"
"CREDIT..(worn) BE APPRECIATED / Office of War Information, Photographic Section, Washington , D.C. "
"Publication Division / Office of War Information / Received Gratis From / Source __________ / Date 11-12-42 (in red pencil)"
"ORIGINAL PRINT / Must be returned to / Office of War Information / Picture Division Library / 224 West 57th Street / New York, N.Y. "
Typed white paper label pasted upper right: " THIS PIX MUST BE RETURNED TO / MR HOWARD FLYNN: PICTURE SECTION / 8th FLOOR, ROOM 802"
" Please Credit "
"4760"
" This is a U.S. Government / photograph and MAY NOT BE USED / FOR ANY ADVERTISING PURPOSE / WITHOUT SPECIFIC CLEARANCE AND / PERMISSION"
"CREDIT..(worn) BE APPRECIATED / Office of War Information, Photographic Section, Washington , D.C. "
"Publication Division / Office of War Information / Received Gratis From / Source __________ / Date 11-12-42 (in red pencil)"
"ORIGINAL PRINT / Must be returned to / Office of War Information / Picture Division Library / 224 West 57th Street / New York, N.Y. "
Typed white paper label pasted upper right: " THIS PIX MUST BE RETURNED TO / MR HOWARD FLYNN: PICTURE SECTION / 8th FLOOR, ROOM 802"
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