Horace Bristol
A carrier silhouetted against the Atlantic horizon, en route to North Africa to take part in the Operation Torch landings in Morocco

A carrier silhouetted against the Atlantic horizon, en route to North Africa to take part in the Operation Torch landings in Morocco

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

A carrier silhouetted against the Atlantic horizon, en route to North Africa to take part in the Operation Torch landings in Morocco

DateNovember 1942

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of the photographer

Object number2009.442

Not on view

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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 label on verso (see Accession file for complete copy of text:

"File No: GS-SIL-50-43089 RELEASED: September 23, 1943 / A U. S. Navy escort carrier, her deck loaded with sub-hunting WILDCATS and / AVENGERS, plows along at dusk. Using ships like this, with their brrods of / sharp-eyed, hard-hitting planes, the Navy is operating effectively against / German U-boats in the Atlantic."

"WATCH YOUR CREDIT / No objection to reproducing or publishing / ... credit line / "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / ... "

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