SETTING-UP EXERCISES

SETTING-UP EXERCISES

Photograph

SETTING-UP EXERCISES

ca. 1943
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions verso (printed): File No. TR-6067/

SETTING-UP EXERCISES - Stretching far down the broad flight deck of a mighty U. S. aircraft/
carrier are the men of her crew going through physical exerciese [sic] at morning muster. The big/
flattop is in the Pacific, playing a vital part in the Navy's smashing attacks against Jap/
island fortifications. A HELLCAT fighter is in the foreground; a cruiser is off the starboard/
bow./

(This is Print No. 44 in the U. S. Navy Exhibit "Power in the Pacific" at the Museum of/
Modern Art, New York City.)/
(printed): 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 Relations Office. However, it has no/
power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
(pencil): TR-6067
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