[Plumes of smoke over Cebu harbor]

[Plumes of smoke over Cebu harbor]

Photograph

Edward Steichen

Maker
American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973

[Plumes of smoke over Cebu harbor]

1944
gelatin silver print
Image: 9 × 7 5/16 in. (22.9 × 18.6 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0276
Inscriptions Written in black on recto, TRC: Cebu
Printed in blue ink on recto, TLC: File No. CinPac 5225
Printed in blue ink on recto, TRC: Released: Oct 12, 1944
Printed in blue ink on recto, TC: DESTRUCTION AT CEBU HARBOR - Carrier based planes bombed Cebu harbor in the / Phillippines leaving a trail of destruction, burning warehouses, naval installations, / a hit on the bow of a cargo ship and a partiall submerged burning tanker, as shown / here, planes were apart of Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. is Third Fleet which struck / Cebu on 13 September 1944 (WLT).
Printed in black ink on verso, RC: A7-230
Printed in blue ink on verso, BC: WATCH YOUR CREDIT / "OFFICIAL US NAVY PHOTOGRAPH" / The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial / advertisments, 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 waise the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
Written in pencil on verso, LB: 5818
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