Lookout (Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence Britton)
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Lookout (Seaman 2nd Class Lawrence Britton)
ca. 1943
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in crayon on recto TR: TR7409
inscribed in crayon on recto RC: X in a circle
inscribed in pencil on recto: TR - 7409/
printed in ink on verso: File No. TR-7409/
LOOKOUT - Seriousness is written all over this kid's face as he keeps a port [cancelled "Seriousness . . . port"] Lookout on an/ aircraft carrier. He is S2/c Lawrence Britton, 18 years old, who used to clerk in a dry/ goods store back in Forrest City, Arkansas./
(This is Print No. 17 in the U. S. Navy exhibit "Power in the Pacific at the Museum of/
Modern Art, New York city.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
inscribed in crayon on recto RC: X in a circle
inscribed in pencil on recto: TR - 7409/
printed in ink on verso: File No. TR-7409/
LOOKOUT - Seriousness is written all over this kid's face as he keeps a port [cancelled "Seriousness . . . port"] Lookout on an/ aircraft carrier. He is S2/c Lawrence Britton, 18 years old, who used to clerk in a dry/ goods store back in Forrest City, Arkansas./
(This is Print No. 17 in the U. S. Navy exhibit "Power in the Pacific at the Museum of/
Modern Art, New York city.)/
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/
publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to a District Public Information Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
