Navy Talker
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
Navy Talker
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (24.1 × 19.6 cm)
Paper: 9 15/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.3 × 20.7 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0251
Inscriptions printed in purple ink on verso, TLC: File No. TR-8499
printed in purple ink on verso, TC: NAVY TALKER- Bound for the September 1, 1943, raid on Jap-held Marcus, a "talker" relays the\ gunnery officer's orders to gun crews of an aircraft carrier. The "talker" is stationed on\ the searchlight platform at the aft end of the island structure. \ (This is Print No. 16 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of\ Modern Art, New York City.)
printed in purple ink on verso, C: WATCH YOUR CREDIT\ "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHY"\ 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 Relations Office. However, it has no \ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
printed in purple ink on verso, TC: NAVY TALKER- Bound for the September 1, 1943, raid on Jap-held Marcus, a "talker" relays the\ gunnery officer's orders to gun crews of an aircraft carrier. The "talker" is stationed on\ the searchlight platform at the aft end of the island structure. \ (This is Print No. 16 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of\ Modern Art, New York City.)
printed in purple ink on verso, C: WATCH YOUR CREDIT\ "OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHY"\ 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 Relations Office. However, it has no \ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
