Horace Bristol
Navy Personnel on Munda, New Georgia, Gather Around Chief Yeoman Willis to Receive Their Mail

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Artist Horace Bristol(American, 1908–1997)American, 1908–1997

CultureAmerican

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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)

Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Jake Toler

Object number2009.440

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
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."

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