Highline Station
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Pierce Y. Matthews Jr.
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
DateJanuary 7, 1962
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Museum purchase. P2017.05.15
Object numberP2017.05.15
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of enlisted men in life jackets and hard hats at the edge of the deck. An officer in a life jacket and peaked cap is at the center of the image. One enlisted man has dark skin, and the rest of the men have light skin. There is a railing in the foreground on the left. There is a white border around the image and the left and right borders are scalloped. The back has “7 Jan 62 // USS Intrepid Highline Station” written in black ink and “F170115 // Polaroid”, “47”, and “1” stamped in black and blue.Description from accompanying letter dated January 6, 1962 reads “Five other photos show the USS Eugene A. Greene (DDR 711), my very first ship, alongside while steaming in the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the demonstration for 2 or 3 dozen Italian Air Force Cadets of highline procedure. LCDR Gallup is Ordnance Officer on our ship.”
For full text of letters, see A2017.05 or ArchivesSpace record https://intrepidmuseum.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/113
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