Horace Bristol
Navy Personnel on Munda, New Georgia, Gather Around Chief Yeoman Willis to Receive Their Mail
Artist
Horace Bristol (American, 1908–1997)American, 1908–1997
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Navy Personnel on Munda, New Georgia, Gather Around Chief Yeoman Willis to Receive Their Mail
DateFebruary 1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (19.4 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Jake Toler
Object number2009.440
Not on view
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Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Unsigned
Typed text on verso (see Accession file for complete copy):
"FILE NO: TR 9149 RELEASED: SEPT. 24, 1944 / THE WORD FROM HOME--The faces of these Navy men on duty somewhere in the / South Pacific proves the importance of mail from home. One smiles as he / sees his name coming up on an envelope. The other expressions are studies / in concentration--wondering whether this time the folds back there have / remembered. / PREVIOUSLY RELEASED: JUNE 13, 1944"
"WATCH YOUR CREDIT / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in ... / However, it has no / power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed."
"FILE NO: TR 9149 RELEASED: SEPT. 24, 1944 / THE WORD FROM HOME--The faces of these Navy men on duty somewhere in the / South Pacific proves the importance of mail from home. One smiles as he / sees his name coming up on an envelope. The other expressions are studies / in concentration--wondering whether this time the folds back there have / remembered. / PREVIOUSLY RELEASED: JUNE 13, 1944"
"WATCH YOUR CREDIT / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in ... / However, it has no / power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed."
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