Periscope View
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Periscope View
ca. 1943
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso LC: Buaer 231596
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BuAer 231596/
PERISCOPE VIEW- Snapped through the persicope of a U.S. Navy submarine on battle/ patrol in the far reaches of the Pacific, this Japanese sailboat recalls the/ romantic past of maritime history - points also to Japan's increasing dependence/ on old-style shipping./
(This is Print no. 124 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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BuAer 231596/
PERISCOPE VIEW- Snapped through the persicope of a U.S. Navy submarine on battle/ patrol in the far reaches of the Pacific, this Japanese sailboat recalls the/ romantic past of maritime history - points also to Japan's increasing dependence/ on old-style shipping./
(This is Print no. 124 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 District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
