Off Duty
Photograph
Off Duty
OFF DUTY IN CREW'S QUARTERS ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER YORKTOWN
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 LC: X with a circle drawn around it, TR8519
insribed in pencil on verso C: TR-8519
printed in ink on verso: File No. TR-8519
OFF DUTY - Letter-writing, letter reading, and just plain loafing occupy these crew members/ of an aircraft carrier during off-duty hours. Picture was made in a "berthing compartment."/ The ship is operating in equatorial waters and the men are stripped down against the heat./
(This is Print No. 42 in the U, S. [sic] 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./
insribed in pencil on verso C: TR-8519
printed in ink on verso: File No. TR-8519
OFF DUTY - Letter-writing, letter reading, and just plain loafing occupy these crew members/ of an aircraft carrier during off-duty hours. Picture was made in a "berthing compartment."/ The ship is operating in equatorial waters and the men are stripped down against the heat./
(This is Print No. 42 in the U, S. [sic] 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./
