Cake on the Bridge
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Vincent F. Kelley
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1968–1969
PeriodCold War; Vietnam War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Joan Huffman Kelley. P00.2009.27.03.69
Object numberP00.2009.27.03.69
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal official U.S. Navy image of a Marine. who is Black, handing a piece of cake to Captain Vincent Kelley on the navigation bridge. Kelley, who has light skin, is wearing khakis and a baseball cap and sitting in the captain’s chair. The Marine, who has dark skin, has the rank of lance corporal. He likely serves as the captain's orderly. The two men are smiling at each other. There is a white border around the image. A typed caption is on the back: “Official Navy Photograph // not for publication // unless officially released”.On View
Not on view
Vincent F. Kelley
August 17, 1968
Object number: P00.2009.27.03.68
Gary Ronken
November 14, 1967
Object number: P2018.18
