PRICE OF VICTORY
Photograph
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PRICE OF VICTORY
TO THE DEAD ARE ACCORDED THE HONORS THAT GO ONLY TO HEROIC MEN OF THE SEA WHO DIE IN BATTLE--BURIAL AT SEA WITH FULL RITE AND RITUAL WHILE THEIR SHIPMATES, WITH ALL THE DIGNITY OF THE LIVING, PAY SILENT TRIBUTE
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 crayon on recto TL: X with a circle drawn around it
inscribed in crayon on recto C: 272686
inscribed in pencil on verso TC: BUAER 272686
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BUAer 272686/
PRICE OF VICTORY - The Navy burying its dead from a carrier in the Pacific./
(This is print No. 151 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./
inscribed in crayon on recto C: 272686
inscribed in pencil on verso TC: BUAER 272686
printed in ink on verso: FILE NO: BUAer 272686/
PRICE OF VICTORY - The Navy burying its dead from a carrier in the Pacific./
(This is print No. 151 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./
