Taking on Supplies, June 1943 Gelatin Silver Photograph, 20"x16"
Verso: inscribed in pencil “Bu Aer 51058” (Bureau of Aeronautics)
Title “Taking on supplies”
The Naval Aviation Photographic Unit: a group of military photographers in the U.S.Navy during the W.W.I.I., under the command of Edward Steichen.
Navy censorship release ink stamp, confirming authenticity.
Image 20”x16”, Sheet 22”x18”
Depicting a sailor watching as Liberty transport ship takesg on supplies in June 1943. (Source:
Naval Institute Archive: https://www.navalhistory.org/2012/02/23/217th-birthday-of-the-navy-supply-corps
Steichen, Edward. Bristol, Horace. Jacobs, Fenno. Jorgensen, Victor. Kerlee, Charles E. Miller, Wayne F.
Edward Steichen (American photographer, 1879 - 1973)

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